It's been nice and warm for awhile. But it's turning colder again. Winter isn't done yet! But the roses are putting out all the new growth and buds are coming. And a few even have some blooms.

Here's a lone MONSIEUR TILLIER bloom that was left after I cleaned out the bed he's in with other tea roses. Haven't cleaned it out in like 5yrs. My husband and I had to dig out tons of blackberry and this overgrown white clematis that grew all over the whole bed and engulfed all the roses like a giant octopus. Found out in the process I lost LADY HILLINGDON.

This is a kinda scraggly-looking JANET. I hadn't even noticed a bud on her the last couple of weeks.

This SANDRA RENAISSANCE finally has opened. The bud sat there for a couple of months. I actually thought it would look worse than this. I expected lots of mildew or botrytis, but she came out fairly decent. I moved her from a spot out front where she languished for several yrs, nearly dying and never blooming. I think she's pretty happy now. I need to pull out all those weeds tho...

And just for the heck of it.... here's some other stuff blooming now:

Don't know the names of any of these camellias anymore. Can't find any of them online to compare and ID. I think one of the striped ones has a name pertaining to Christmas. But I can't remember what it is or which one.

And this is a beautiful florist azalea that I've had for many yrs. Didn't produce as many blooms as it usually does tho.

Another florist azalea that our real estate agent gave us when we moved into our house over 15yrs ago. I think I need to prune it into a nice shape so it looks better next yr!

My DAPHNE ODORA. I just love the smell of it. Sometimes you can smell it from across the yard. Just starting to open up her blooms..

And last... one of my PIERIS JAPONICAs. I believe the red one died from lack of water last yr. After the septic re-do, my water lines to this back fence bed got cut, and it took til summer to get them re-hooked-up. By then, I lost a few nice plants. Kept forgetting to water over there. Oh well... stuff happens...

I am sooo ready for spring to really arrive...