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Cindi - That's horrible about how the hail ruined everything right before the show.. tonight I saw a massive storm building up north slowly making it's way east & was hoping that it'd miss you.. it's gonna be a nasty one & I believe that some tornadoes might spawn out of it. It looked horrible... & beautiful at the same time.

Planted the 6 roses I had on hand tonight. Ground's super easy to work with right now due to the sloppy snow we got a couple of days ago. Super wet all the way down at least 18" (how deep I was digging the holes). And, on a positive note, Della Reece survived!! I was super worried about her as that's one rose I did NOT want to lose, and I found bright red canes & leaves from her base this evening! However, on a sadder note, I think that Duftrausch is definitely dead, lost my Adobe Sunrise (I don't like Star brand roses), and I think all the little Chamblee roses I got from a co-op last year didn't make it. They were pretty tiny and the 2 I've found were rotted all the way through. The Palatine roses I put in the ground a couple of weeks ago are still just sitting there.. but then again, that might be a smart thing due to the wacky weather we've been having. I don't think I'm gonna order any more roses from anywhere any more.. they just don't seem to be able to survive my weather. I've lost almost 60% of what I've put in the ground as far as mail orders... and that's not a good percentile.

On a positive note, my lilacs are loving this snow!! I got blooms all over the place on almost all my 2-4 year old lilacs! The babies I put in last year, not so much. But, one of which I need to inspect more closely tomorrow.. it has 2 sets of blooms on it. I bought it as a Charles Joly as that's my absolute favorite, and it has a CJ sprig of flowers on it. But, I swear I saw a panicle of white blooms on that same plant! I'll have to take pics tomorrow.