This has been quite the winter.I think that our schools have had more weather-related days off than any time in the 20+ yrs. we've lived here. Sadly, some of our single digit temps occurred without snow cover. Fortunately, there was snow cover when we were below zero and it warmed up before too long. If that's not enough, we are due another arctic blast midweek along with possible snow. March really will come in like a lion this year. I will have to check my Lady Hillingdon again but she seemed OK last month. Mrs. Dudley Cross seems OK, too. Those are my only two teas. They are both older roses so I hope that they made it. I think that I've lost several roses: modern shrubs, a floribunda and maybe some mini's. Since almost everything is own root, I'll wait and see if some of them will come back. This might not really ease the pain of losing roses, but this year my crocus seiberi 'Firefly' are blooming bigger, brighter and fuller than they ever have. They are my special favorites, even though I find that they tend to die off after awhile and I need to replant them every several years. A lot of my old-fashioned daffodils are up with buds, even the ones I should have divided last year because they were too crowded and weren't blooming. My Lenten roses are covered with buds, too. Maybe it will be a beautiful spring. Let's hope!

There are no registered plants named Magician Lady or Magical Lady. There are 26 registered hybrids starting with the word "magic," but it sounds like you likely do have Magic Lady as people are unlikely to add in a word to a name rather than make the magic/magician/magical mistake. Do you have any more info about the plant? Is it a standard, semi-, or mini? Bloom color/shape/type? Foliage type? That will all help to see if Magic Lady is a possibility. The best thing to do would be to ask the seller about it. Hearing the name Magic Lady may jog their memory about the plant. Here's the description of Magic Lady from FC2: Magic Lady (M. Burns) Semidouble light pink ruffled star/darker tips. Dark green, heart-shaped, serrated. Large (DAVS 1407)

Added these two ladies to my fence line this afternoon, I thought I was done this year but couldn't resist when I saw them this morning at the store. Any tips on either, do you guys like them? Thanks! Andrea Z5B MI

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