First bloom of 2022!
If you’re anything like me, then you anxiously watch the new growth on your roses in anticipation of those first precious blooms. So…I was excited to peep in on my little darlings yesterday and see that Munstead Wood was the first to bloom this year, last year was Mister Lincoln. This year’s first bloom is a whole month earlier than last year. How are your roses coming along?
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last yearMary Rose finally graced me with her open bloom. i have been sticking my nose on this bud daily. And finally after thunderstorms last night it popped open! Such a deep and lasting fragrance.
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lynne CA Zone 9B
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Savannah
Fun in the Sun
Queen of Sweden
Black Baccara
Moonlight in Paris
Ascot (First blooms from band!)
Please excuse the mess in the back. I'm moving soon and things are very disorganized.
Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
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last yearlast modified: last year@Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b) Thank you! QOS is actually about 3 inches, which is a good medium size. Ascot is about the same size, or slightly smaller. It had a ton of growth this spring and practically doubled in size.
@rosecanadian Yes, in the morning MiP has pretty strong fragrance. Similar to Evelyn but heavier, perhaps. Take this with a grain of salt, however - scent can change a lot just from time of day, temperature, etc etc. Mine did not really have much if any fragrance last year either. The blooms have improved a lot too. They're pinker, hold up better in the sun, and petals are thicker.
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That rose should be FitS...It can change quite a bit as it opens, I think. But time will tell.Last spring:
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last yearI am happy i can contribute to this thread now— first blooms for me this season are from Twilight Zone and Peace!
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last yearMy only offering is Roulette.
I have a mass of buds but nothing very close except the two roses from K&M that came with buds.
Roulette is just a tiny little guy but produces lots of blooms.
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happy rose gardening!
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last yearlast modified: last yearThis week things have kicked into high gear in my garden and I have a burst of blooms on some of my roses! What a beautiful day it is!
Olivia Austin
Highwire Flyer, which shows much more hot pink in real life
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Bull's Eye. In my house because I'm gifting it to a friend. Took a picture because the blooms impressed me indoors. Outside, they look washed out and don't last long because of the dry heat and 93+ degree weather. A pleasant surprise was the fragrance - slight rose scent in the air that made me take a sniff and when I did, I discovered it had a nice light floral rose scent. Before this, I had been under the impression that it had no fragrance.
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last yearBulls Eye reminds me of my precious Calypso, first bloom this week!
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last yearCeresMer Zone 7a NJ
last yearlast modified: last yearFinally have some roses to share
white Eden
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one lonely Olivia rose
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last yearlast modified: last yearMy ro.ses are so slow this year. It's been very cold and wet. Almost everything looks like it won't bloom for another week or eventwo weeks!But... Archduke Charles is in a protected spot and has been blooming for more than a week.
Mutabilis has a couple of small blooms
And i had one surprise Crown Princess Margareta (with no other buds even near blooming).
I just can't wait for rose season....but it looks like i have no choice but to wait.Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
last yearLol I'm so late to the party I had to go back 3 pages to find this thread. First blooms of 2022: Harison's Yellow.
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Ashley Smith zone 5a
12 months agolast modified: 12 months agoI'm not sure which bloomed first.. John Davis or Distant Drums!
Madame Hardy also has a miniscule bloom that is a bit haggard looking:
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12 months agoAshley Smith zone 5a
12 months agoRose canadian, I bot these hooks off of Amazon and used E6000 glue to attach them to the siding. I tied my rose canes up to those with jute garden string. I'm hoping to keep going up and cover the wall! We'll see how well John Davis does. So far no winter die back, and its a south wall, so that should help!
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12 months agolast modified: 12 months ago8th-year own root Munstead Wood has always been green to tip, except for this worst zone 5a winter in a decade. Below 1st blooms are taken 5/30/22.
Mary Magdalene's 1st bloom May 30, 2022:
Wise Portia 1st bloom (bought from LongAgoRoses a month ago), note the holes from leaves from too much rain in a poor drainage styrofoam pot, other roses in fast-draining air-pots next to it don't have holes.It's NOT rose slug, it happened immediately after 2 inch of rain per day. Pic. taken 5/30/22. I moved it to an air-pot, and new leaves are 100% healthy.
Below roses next to it, in air-pots, don't have holes:
Below is the poor-drainage Styrofoam pot that caused holes in Wise Portia's older leaves. Elevating this pot on bricks didn't help with 2 inch. of rain per day. I'm very grateful to Hoang Ton for his tip on air-pots for fast drainage in high-rain climate.
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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca