Sue.. just beautiful.. just beautiful. Took some pictures in the pre-dawn light this morning. Kinda depressing after looking at yours.
My front yard w/all the mulch.. well, not ALL of the front yard, just a shot. All the sticks sticking up are winter-dead roses.
I have some creeping phlox blooming, though, along with some woodland phlox (blue moon)
All of my lilacs are about to bloom, though. Here's one of my itty bitty James McFarland's. It'll bloom pink. Dappled Dawn is beautiful, too.
I also have a single yellow tulip blooming.
But the vinca's going crazy. This is Blue & Gold, but most of it has reverted.
I have a couple of grape hyacinths, plus my regular hyacinths, blooming as well.
But the roses.. they're just starting to send out growth. Here's examples of what my roses look like first thing in the spring. I'll be pruning this week / weekend, cutting all the dead winterkill off. As you can see, they're starting out from the ground up. These pictured are Princess de Monaco, Betty Boop, Heirloom, Sterling Silver, & Tardi Gris. The roses in the red mulch have less than 1" of mulch on them, so they survived pretty well with almost no protection.
