It is that time of the year here in California!! All of my roses have been pushing out GORGEOUS new growth!! I love the bright intensity of the colors of the new growth!!

Are your rose putting out new growth?? Show it off!!

No actual growth yet here but lots of budding. Been pretty warm so they're happy right now but that will change this weekend with the hard freeze that's coming.

If it would stop raining I might try and check it out!:-(

My yard is so soggy I shouldn't have been out walking in it but needed fresh air.

Yeah, today was the first day this week that it wasn't pouring at my house!! Finally I got some gardening in!

That new growth looks amazing!! Picture 3rd from the bottom has such pretty burgundy canes! I'm sure you don't want my white garage growth on my roses

Yes, Carol, I think your oddly growing roses would be interesting!

LOL, PorkPal...okay...I'll go out and take some pictures.

My front walk way (in between rain showers)


Part of my back yard


The back part of my back yard


More roses in pots in my small back yard

Wowza!!! Mustbnuts - I love all the growth!! Your backyard is glorious!! Soooo beautiful!!! And there's not even any flowers yet!

Thanks Carol. I have really been working hard on it. I am hoping it will do well with the first bloom. Last year we waited so patiently for it (long, cool and wet spring) and within a week, it was over. We got a heat blast that just ruined everything. This year, spring was early and I am hoping to get at least a week or two of blooms before the heat hits, but I am not optimistic, unfortunately. It is just that the past few years, the weather changes have really spoiled what should have been a nice bloom. I am looking forward to seeing my new babies bloom for the first time.

BTW, Augusta is available on own root from Freedom Gardens. It is not listed on the combined rose list, however, I know Peter is propagating one for me and another for someone else (Vap--was that you?). He doesn't ship until the fall however. I still feel awful for you losing your roses and hope some can be saved. I don't know if he ships to Canada but it might be worth checking out. He has such unusual and old roses. I am also getting Schön Ingeborg from him as well. Again, not listed but he is growing one for me.

Here are some of my roses with their new growth. Thought I'd better post before they are covered with black spot. It usually sets in about June. I battle it every year. I'm going to try actinovate this year.

I'm in WV zone 6A-B-ish. Our Roses come out of winter dormancy. Starting growing again. Then we got winter again. And it killed all the new growth. And we lost a bunch big long tall canes that grew last year clear up until Decemeber because we had strange weather. So the cold and frost has finally left. And they started growing again. I pruned all the old dead canes off today. Weve had a weird last few years between fall-winter-spring.

This is all the new growth I have!

We had a very early hard freeze in early November. Froze fully opened blossoms and buds on the bushes here. Our weather patterns are definable you off here, too. I thought I was the only one.

Mustbnuts - thanks for thinking of me. I really appreciate it. Fall planting won't work for me...but thanks! I sure hope you get a nice, long bloom period.

Gardenfish - those leaves sure look healthy!

S & S - that sucks. Hopefully your cold snaps are done.

Seil - awww...baby growth.

MBN, I ordered mine when AL was available, but I think Carol or someone in CA may have inquired of Peter about Canadian shipping. I think he doesn't ship there, but it's worthwhile asking.

OH YES!

This is delicious new growth on 'Eugene de Beauharnais':

I tried to take some pictures of my new growth, but I failed. Sorry some were out of focus. But here it is, lots of new growth.

Just Joey, bush version



Heirloom



Deelish


Strike it Rich, new plant, but I'm planting here so my husband can see it from the house, we hope to strike it rich somehow, not this year I know, not from the current stock market. Ok, it's a joke.



Neil Diamond, new plant



Love song, new plant



Ebb tide, new plant




Mme Clotilde Soupert



Soulvenir de la Malmaison

And some big buds too!