I would love to see some landscape type photos of them BetNC. Your growing season is ahead of ours. I do have buds poking up, and look forward to seeing them in full bloom.
I was able to start a bunch of seeds from last year that have wintered over beautifully, and are already look like they are starting into a growing faze. I look forward to the day I see the first blooms on them. No idea what I will get.