Was jus admiring this in an oldrroldrr post while researching pereperennialpereperennialblue. MaMa blue. Magnificent!

Jackie, that's just spectacular. I've always loved the color of Veilchenblau :-D

I know you're in No. Cal. and I'm in So. Cal., but I've noticed that tons of my plants have been 2-6 weeks behind their usual bloom time this year. Not as much the roses, but many others that I can usually set the calendar on. Aeonium, pink jasmine, iris, wisteria, clivia, agapanthus, apricot tree setting fruit, maple tree leafing out, jacaranda. It's not so much colder overnight temps... it seems to have been a lower average daytime temp in the winter.

What a great rose! Thanks for the pictures.

I love that color and rose so much

Beautiful💜

And it has smart roots! Two decades ago I had bought it without a thought as to where to plant it. I just wanted to see that color every year. I found a tree with a potential site: two big roots going out and west facing not in the shade and most of our rain comes from the south west.

It was a small plant so I dug the largest hole I could, stuck it in the ground and told it, You're on your own. It still lives and blooms and is about four feet tall. I've seen them much larger, but it (being on the windier side of the tree trunk) hasn't had an RRD mite land, is getting enough rain and nutrients from the old barn yard that used to be there. I attribute its success to the smartness of its roots . (Plants I've seen in colder cemeteries support my warped reasoning.)

susan 9 - That's interesting about your area having a late bloom also. I thought it was just the heavy downpours every 3 days here that convinced the plants to wait, but it was also a bit cooler here in the winter (we got actual frost several times, which I have not seen for years).

stillanntn - I like your idea about smart roots - sounds as if yours is thriving on its own. Mine does get some irrigation in our totally dry summers, and a handful of osmocote in the Spring, but it stays healthy with no spraying at all. I checked HMF, and it says it is cold hardy to 4b, and tolerates shade. We are almost zone 10 now, so I guess it is good that I planted mine under a tree where it gets plenty of shade too! I tried to imagine a very short one - I think it would be cute.

Jackie