My favs are Clouds of Glory and Welcome Home. They are all a sight for sore eyes here in zone 3 - no buds yet. Which ones are your favorites? Carol

Thanks everyone. Henrik, my VAMPIRE has not had quite that dark of coloring yet. It's taken a long time to mature. Hopefully it will look like that eventually. The blooms are very small so far. This one was only about 1½-2". Dave Bang sent me several other of his roses a few yrs ago. They haven't done a whole lot so far. Staying mostly smallish. I think they might need more tropical temps to get that dark black color. I get pretty hot temps here. Towanda, that MOONLIGHT MAGIC has been really cool! I tried numerous plants over the yrs, and every one died... until now. I'm really glad I finally got one to thrive. ROSALYNN CARTER is a nice rose. She's been patiently awaiting a spot in the ground for quite a few yrs now. I'm sure once that happens, she'll be even better.

SHOWTIME SOUTHERN BREEZE THE CHARLATAN - the first bloom of the season, and the leaves are looking crappy!! A begonia I got as a bulb this spring at WalMart. Love the coloring. And here's one of the cute little nuthatches that comes to my feeders...

See what else I have Venetian Pools is such a big flower and seems to have a consistently nice pattern, but is blooming short this year, its 2nd year in my garden Screen Pattern, 1st bloom and oddly shaped Butterfly Moon Celtic Veins, much more color to it than it had last year Neon Rainbow Mysical Rainbow Rev it Up is a big flower, it is new Jumping Jack is splotchy, short, but has potential. I like the purple. It is new last fall and 1st bloom Heaven's Proclaim, another huge bloom. I moved it last fall and short scapes, although never a tall flower. I don't think I have posted Malaysian Marketplace, but if I did you get to see it again. I almost killed it last year, one nice scape with lots of buds, another shorter scape just soso.