I've gotten used to the first flush of blooms to be almost 100% wrong, especially w/the wacky weather we have here. The largest bloom I've gotten off my Razzle Dazzle couldn't have been more than 2" across.. tiny little things like Charisma. In fact, when I first saw the bloom, I was wondering why my Charisma was blooming so light colored blooms! Very few of my roses give me "normal" blooms their first year.. Dolly Parton, her first year, gave me only like 3 blooms and they were puny little things, no more than 3" across. This was the first year she's actually given me REAL blooms.. (ie: 4"+). I think it has to do with my winter & watering.. if it's too dry (like it's been this year), then they do bloom, but it's just not enough. Next year, since I won't be doing too too much planting in the front, will be heavily fed/watered (if necessary), that should help a lot. Natasha Monet bloomed once.. pure white. HoneySweet bloomed once, a pathetic 2" blossom that had almost no smell and was a soft pink rather than the coral/orange/pink. I'm kinda used to it.
