roxana, I'm going to have a bed with Abe Darby and Heritage as well.

They have not been delivered yet, so I don't know when I'll actually see any blooms, but I'm excited for them.

The Flamingo Dancer climber I ordered from Burling has to be my most-anticipated bloom, perhaps because it’s not well-known and there aren’t millions of photos of it out there.

The minifloras I bought last fall haven’t bloomed yet (except for Butter Cream), and so I am longing to see them: Crystal Palace, Unbridled, and Hello Sunshine.

i have three new Moonstones from which I also eagerly anticipate blooms.

Soon! Soon!

Sylvia

Sylvia, I cant wait to see your Hello Sunshine. I always have it onony wish list.

jc_7a_MiddleTN I planted my heritage on the Spring 3 years ago, and I got some blooms that year... so exciting!

I was just outside to look at my roses, and am now so excited about everything blooming. Most of the roses now have barriers around them and they look very happy after our rains. I'm looking forward to roses that I've had in the past and lost, such as Spice and Mme. Joseph Schwartz, being a part of my garden again.

This thread is making me so excited for the blooms to come =). Please everyone post here when you start getting all those awesome roses blooming.

@Erasmus I would love to see your Pink clouds climbing your tree. Roses climbing trees is one of my favorite things and I have yet to manage it. I love seeing pictures from those who have been successful at this.

***** "Jeri, do those irises ever bloom when Grandmother's Hat is in bloom?"

Yes. But they do start a bit later. This year, the irises may do better than they do on average, because we have had so much rain here.

I’m looking forward to seeing oneto home saffron, Bathsheba and Evelyn. grandmothers hat is starting to mature and has around 30+ buds so far so it should have a great spring flush.

I'm waiting on first ever blooms from:

Arthur de Sansal

Yolande d'Aragon

Sydonie

And lots more from:

Roseville Noisette

Single Cerise China

which are new and have given only a single flower each so far.

Ingrid thank you!!!!

My pleasure, Pippa. I'm beyond excited to see everyone's wonderful spring blooms. The pictures will be awesome. Also am longing to see Jeri's beautiful display of irises.

There were supposed to be heave rains right before I picked these heritage ones, I am not one to cut the roses to bring them inside, I enjoy them more out there... but I knew they would be gone after the heavy rains.. so I grabbed these and then I kept them in my bedroom for about a week and the fragrance was just amazing!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Botr4XAlOJX/

I totally forgot about Bathsheba! I got that one too this year. I'm also curious to see Life of the Party (Huntington's 100th Rose), Eglantyne & Bliss.

I'm not gonna fake it. I look forward to them all, the new, the old, and even the oddballs. I just love all of nature, so look to all blooms, including wildflowers and shrubs. I added some hydrangeas and various other perennials last year, so looking forward to everything maturing. I hope everyone has a great and happy Spring!

OMG, everything! I bought a bunch of roses last year to see who does well and I can't wait to start comparing scents. Mme Plantier tripled in size and I hope she will stare me down with a million green eyes. Ok, will settle for a hundred!

Roxana, what a lovely bouquet, just perfect before it's even been put in a vase. Having flowers on the dining room table is such a joy for me, although they're always cut with short stems so that I don't take too much off the bushes.

FruitCat, that one sentence is poetry.

I'm especially anxious to see what Blessed Child does this year. This is such a remarkable rose! I planted her in a prime spot, sunny, visible from most of the windows on the back side of the house, and close enough that her amazing perfume should blanket the back side of the house. She's very young, just planted last year after growing up in a pot from a band, but already 2-3" high and covering herself with healthy, shiny leaves. She did bloom for me last summer/fall and was, as expected, exquisite. I can't wait for this year to start!

I'm also really looking forward to the early singles - Father Hugo, Harison's, Alba Semi-Plena....

Sigh. The last few weeks until rose season are the hardest to wait!

Uggh! Please hurry everyone's roses! : ) I still have a lot to do and it's too early to prune, but I feel spring in the air. I'm most looking forward to those that I've never seen or were small last year, such as Florentina, Viking Queen, Phyllis Bide and Ghislaine de Feligonde. I'm mainly looking for those I planted last year to get bigger.

Those are beautiful blooms, Ingrid! I have been on a deep pink and crimson kick and two that will be arriving this year that I am most excited to see bloom are Deuil du Dr Reynaud and Capitaine Dyel de Graville.

Oh and I forgot another one I’m anxious to see...Sui Mei Ren. I haven’t seen many pics of this one!

I remember a thread on Sui Mei Ren when I first registered here.

If I recall, Lisa had a new one. Not sure which other poster also had it.

jc I think it was jeri and Lisa and one of them had photos that enticed me...

So I attempted to comment on this post 100 times over the past week and houzz hasn’t let me do anything. My comments and pictures just disapear everytime. It seems to be working today so I’m going to try to catch up. :)

Not new, but as always, my most anticipated rose bloom is Abraham Darby. Here is one of my plants from last year.

Noseometer, how old is that one? I have 2 coming in 4 weeks.

Anticipation is killing me.

noseometer, that's so lovely, and more in the pink range than I've ever seen AD in my garden. That rose is gone but I have a new one that I hope will bloom this year. I still think it's one of Austin's best in terms of sheer beauty, although admittedly I haven't grown many of his newer releases. I'm also eagerly waiting for my two baby bushes of Evelyn to bloom.

If Ingrid says it’s one of the best Austins, I should have gotten more!

I am pretty sure mine will defoliate and look like sticks with a flower on top.

But I had to take the chance based on all the reviews. I’m planning to hide the nakedness with bushier plants in front.

JC: I think I took the cutting of this plant in 2015 before I knew it was Abe. He isn't always this pink. Sometimes he is quite orange. I've since bought a couple more from DA and they look the same. I can understand your anticipation. I have the same, even after all these years of having him.

Abe as a baby mystery cutting.

Ingrid: I agree. Abraham Darby has something that the newer roses don't have. I'm not exactly sure what that is though. Perhaps it's how the outer petals fade, and that lovely range of sunset shades that can occur in a single flower, that are rich but soft, not strident.

In my climate, Abe has no diseases. No blackspot, no mildew, no rust, not here (although I hear that in other climates he is a misery). BUT, he doesn't grow huge like some of the photos I've seen of him. He's so small and compact. I keep hoping that one year he will just take off and turn into a monster of a rose.

nose, Abe in your photos is to die for, and even that baby bloom is as cute as a button. The different shades of this rose melt into each other in the most fascinating way.

Out of the new roses i’ve Planted I’m most excited for Auguste Luise. I’m also interested in comparing Nahema to Heritag. I’ve had heritage for 3 years and love the smell and color but the blooms don’t last long it will be nice if Nahema does better.

Of of the old roses, I’m excited for a lot of my ogrs. Specifically Chapeau de Napoleon and Zephirine Drouhin. Cdn is probably my favorite rose I love the crested sepals and the cupped flower form that is the clearest of pinks and the sweet fragrance it exudes. I just absolutely adore that rose. Zd is on a garden arch that leads into a small “hidden” garden and really took of last year so hopefully it has an amazing spring flush.

I love this time of year so much. I do daily walk abouts in the yard to see who is breaking dormancy and to see what is blooming or close to blooming. To watch the yard and a garden burst into life is such an amazing sight to behold.

I agree with you, Christian! I always think about what a miracle it is for those brown sticks to produce such beauty. Even the lawn that looks like hay turns green so quickly. It's all a miracle to me. I'm very eager to see Augusta Luise and Nahema, too. Both new this year.

Coincidentally, while I was typing this, my son sent this photo of the hills in Malibu that burned in the inferno last December. I think it illustrates what you said. It's not roses, but it is beautiful, new growth after what was truly devastating. It epitomizes spring.

Christian, I'd be excited about Nahema also. I had one once and accidentally killed it and I've been regretting it since. Where did you get yours? Maybe I should get another. Please tell us how yours does and share photos.

Flowers, what a beautiful photo. The resilience of mother nature truly an amazing thing.

Noseometer, I got my nahema from Palatine along side AL and Zaide. I’ll be sure to keep you guys up to date on their progress.

Stephanie, what a beautiful specimen! I always forget about this rose. Mine came from ARE and there's some discussion as to whether it's actually Gardendirektor Otto Linne. I hope you contue posting pictures and perhaps we can solve this mystery.

This rose, Charles Darwin, is becoming my most anticipated because it's so leafy compared to the rest. It's my only container rose for now so I guess it warmed up sooner or something. You can see my sweet alyssum sprouting in the pot too.

That's beautiful, Stephanie. It's such a handsome plant overall, not just the flowers. It looks like a rose that will grow quickly, and I hope you can post more pictures.

Many of my roses have that Charming habit. Sing yours. I really think the one from a r e is not EVS. It looks so different although the flowers are the same color.

Read that too. That is why I am so confused. I will post mine when it blooms. Please continue to post yours and we can compare. :-)

I have a brand new rose just released this spring from K&M Nursery. It's called Hot Prince. Not to be confused with Hot Princess. It is a cross of Hot Princess and Gemini. I have a bud on my bush right now that should bloom this week. Given it's parents, it should be nice. We shall see.

I cant wait to see to see Desdamona, plum Perfect, Heirloom and Quicksilver.

Here it is! My very first Flamingo Dancer. So wonderful. This was my "most anticipated" rose.

Slightly better centered, below. Stripe-lovers' dream!

Sylvia, what a cool rose. I love the way it is stripped, very subtle

New in my garden are Hope for Humanity and Prairie Princess, but really looking forward to see what the unknown Geschwind I got as a rooted cutting looks like. I think it will bloom this year.

I have been looking forward to my True Inspiration, a rose I bought in full bloom at Lowe's last year, smelling wonderful and looking great in summer heat.
It was as pretty as I remember, and very sniffable!
Carla in Sac
(close up and next to Celestial Night)