Mika, she did tell me to keep it, to either plant it or gift it to another gardener. Very fitting for a rose named "The Generous Gardener"!
We're supposed to get rain tonight or tomorrow, and I would love to go ahead and get these in the ground tonight so I don't risk having a 2 or 3 day delay. Plants always seem to do better if I plant or transplant on cloudy days. All the other roses are leafed out, which for our area, is about 3 or 4 weeks early. Next week, we're expecting Temps in the 70s.
The forsythia are in full glory, and that's our indicator for pruning time. So far, it looks like I'll be pruning for shape and size, not removing dead like most years.
knock on wood there's no big freeze later....
