Well, I gave up on capturing the first bloom on every cultivar in my garden. The number has now gone way past 1,000. I was trying to keep a record of everything I could expect to bloom in April if I finished my pruning before Christmas, but it's going to be a lot easier to keep a record of the roses that don't bloom in April.
Anyway, before I gave up, I took these pictures a week and a half ago.
1) Aloha, the Kordes climber; 2) Altissimo; 3) Apricot Nectar
1) Apricot Queen; 2) Buttercup; 2) Charles Aznavour
1) Charles de Gaulle; 2) Dawning Moment; 3) Delta Gold, a perfectly gorgeous bud
1) Distant Thunder; 2) Don Juan; 3) Emina
1) Federico Casas, another of Pedro Dot's roses in those luscious fruit sherbet shades; 2) Frank's Climber; 3) Helen Traubel
1) Hot Romance; 2) Iced Ginger; 2) Jacquie Williams
