Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly" South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b) "The mountains are calling..."
These aren't the "First" blooms for 2015 (those were earlier this month, I believe, but I wasn't paying much attention), but "today" (March 18) I had blooms on 'Raspberry Banana Cheesecake' and 'Ballerina on Ice'. The latter did not fully open, but at least the two blooms gave some interest to the garden. I have one scape with buds on each of 'Steller's Jay', 'Full Moon Magic', and 'Because of You'; SJ looks like it might have FFO tomorrow or the day after.
