The pretty pink flowers sure got those ladybugs in the mood! LOL! Ahhh, spring -love is in the air...

I really want this rose. :)

I was wondering if anyone would notice them :D

I love ladybugs!!! :)

very pretty! My Old Blush bloomed first, and then White Pearl in a Red Dragons Mouth. My Cramoisi has not bloomed yet.

Lovely pictures. I can't say who bloomed first since SdlM never stopped blooming. Not much else going on except a few blooms on Le Vesuve and Aunt Margy's Rose, also one or two on my two bushes of Madame Lambard. William R. Smith had one lovely bloom which was promptly eaten by either a squirrel or rabbit.

I just noticed my Mutabilis had a few blooms opened, too. My Old Blushes are still in transplant shock, so no blooms yet.

Love your garden. AC is beautiful and I see you going to have tons of buds. Is that daffodils or Lily's.... I love it :)

Ladybugs..love them. Great sign :)

Rosa De Rescht bloom first than Marie Van Houtte (1 or 2 blooms). It was still very young about two weeks when I got them. Now they are just growing :)

Jin

Daffodils. Safrano opened a couple of buds yesterday, so he wins the tea rose race. Clothilde Soupert, still just a baby, is ready to burst, too.

needmore, the winners here are "Bermuda's Smith's Parish" and "Bermuda Spice". I also have a no-name Crimson China that I grew from a cutting blooming.

'Lady Anne Kidwell has some rawther gawjuss buds showing color.

"Smith's Parish" was covered with buds just before we got so much snow the first week of January. It has recovered nicely and is again covered with buds. and a few blooms

I just hope the other shoe isn't ready to drop (by which I mean more freezing weather to zap all my greening-up plants)...

I noticed your ladybugs also- it's a shame that all the native ladybugs are doing a disappearing act, while the Asian LB's are thriving. All I see here are the Asian species.

Virginia

I hear you about the ever present danger of a late freeze, vmr. Also, those Asian lady bugs can sting a little! Archduke Charles has about 20 blooms open today.

Here's Bermuda Spice today looking like a miniature SDLM - smells so good.

And G. Nabonnand decided to open one today:

So pretty!!!

I thought you Texans were just commenting about cold weather.... and now you have blooms!! What a turn around. Lucky you!

It was really cold here last week. One day last week the low dipped to 25 F. My poor plants, and then the winds. It has been colder than normal for this time of year here.

My entire yard is a mess. I wish there were blooms right now to offset some of the not so attractive...

It's true, Desertgarden. We had a really cold December and January. Several hard freezes. But then, February was really mild and rainy and overcast. It felt like we were living somewhere in the PNW, lol.

Great pictures! I've admired Archduke Charles for a long time. Nothing blooming here yet.

But my baby Clementina Carbonieri has a huge bud, so I guess that one wins. It also has the season's first case of spider mites. Sigh. The battle has begun.

Jealous! My ADCs have stalled from the chilly mornings we had last week. This is the time of year they’re the prettiest with the most ombré coloring. Yours are gorgeous. Peggy Martin was first here and I think Jesse Hildreth will be next, but it may be MFK because Jesse seems to be frozen in time and MFK is gaining. The daffs are all done here and azaleas are starting, but the roses seem to want longer days. Early spring is the best!

Cori Ann, did you say Peggy Martin was first.....don't keep me in suspense.

I am dying to see pictures or tell me. Do you have white flowers mixed pink (sport). Or did it bloom all pink.

Jin

Sorry, Mulch. I been waiting to see Cori Ann's bloom. Last year, she has some pink and some white. This year, maybe it is different ........ Or same.

Jin

Yay early rose pictures!!! We have another winter storm incoming tomorrow, so I'm loving seeing our warm climate member's garden pics!!

Jin it hasn’t fully bloomed yet. Lots of buds. There’s dark pink and light pink/white on different canes so far, but it’s way too soon to tell.

Karen, this (LAK) bud's for you:

What an elegant, beautiful bud! She may have to go on my list.

Beautiful!!!! Also eeek, the anticipation of Cori Ann's Peggy Martin buds.

Rose de Rescht and Marie van Houtte.

This pic intrigues me. I see a face . 2 eyes , a nose, a mouth, cheeks, and a beautiful petals around it. Love it :)

That's it. Haha, I still love man- lion face.

Jin

Duchesse de Brabant, Maggie, Climbing Cramoisie Superieur, and Molineux all had open blooms today!

In spite of her wacky pruning by Javier (who never was seen or heard from again, btw.) my Duchesse de Brabant never stopped blooming at all. Lisa

Jin your Rose de Rescht is so light pink! Mine is always shades of magenta to red purple. Is is typically that color there?

Mine is also colored like Karen's.

I don't know. I got mine late January from ARE It is in direct sun . Maybe it has to do with strong sun.

Jin

You might be better off without him Lisa. DdB looks great!

Two swallowtail butterflies yesterday and 4 more roses with a bloom. Spring coming at me fast. :)

Congrats, mulch :) .Pls add more pics before long you will have a bush full of roses.

Jin

Needmore you are way ahead of me on blooms! I have tons of buds but nothing is blooming yet but I am hopeful it will be soon. All of your roses are beautiful! It's so great to see pics of everyone's blooms.

boncrow, I am really surprised tbh. I thought for sure that after all those hard freezes, everything would be rreeeaalllyy cautious about starting up.

I know what you mean but it's almost like some of my roses are rejuvenated by the freezes. Everything except my potted hibiscus that is, they all died and I even had them in my garage during the freeze but I guess that wasn't good enough.

Im going to have to try Archduke Charles too now thanks to your beautiful pics!

He's a funny rose. Enjoying these types of blooms that have a sunburn shadow pattern on them of sorts.