It was almost 90 in March, cold and rainy in April, and May is on track to replace August. Go figure. I had more than few blooms get yucky, but those that survived were worth the wait.

Arizona - Almost fast to bloom. She seems to hold off BS pretty well with attention. She goes from melon to pink but blooms last for days.

Broadway - New to me this year. She got out of the gate fast. The color is great and gets better with age.

You can see the beautiful shading on the reverse.

St. Patrick's - Blooms are huge and have tons of petals. Absolutely love the classic form. Blooms last for days and days (at least a week or more). Extremely disease resistant.

Rain soaked beauty

Peace - My favorite rose last year, though she lost out to a bevy of new beauties this year. Still an excellent bloomer with great repeat. Blooms are shorter lived for me than others.

Love how the buds are more tinged pink.

Rock N Roll - Not as great of a rose as I would have liked. I would recommend George Burns because of the wonderful fragrance and RNR's blooms blow in hours it seems.

Queen Elizabeth - I got a sickly plant last year and only got one bloom. With some TLC she's doing better, but blows really fast.

Thar she blows (later that day).

Legends - HUGE blooms. The petals alone are so big they are mind boggling. Terrible disease resistance. Definitely a show stopper though.

Love - Last year she was more hot pink and tiny blooms. I wanted a true red and was disappointed. This year they have gorgeous form and color seems to have deepened. "Love" this rose.

Koko Loco - Fell in love with it online then realized the blooms are tiny. Maybe because it is my first year. It's totally different then everything else I have, so it's growing on me.

Joseph's Coat - Great climber. Has that wow factor when in total bloom.

Still a baby (second year). I haven't really shaped her up. Good disease resistance.

Generous Gardener - One of my few Austins. This bush gets crazy big. Definitely could be trained as a climber. Literally have to beat it back. Tons and tons of blooms all fair weather season for me.

JFK - My ugly white. Is it okay for me to say I hate this rose? I wanted to love it so much and last year was great, but apparently it does not dig the cold. Green, brown and ugly is best terms for the blooms so far.

Mystery Rose - Labelled Double Delight (obviously an oopsie body bag). Still a gorgeous, gorgeous bloom. Deep dark pink with a nice fragrance. I'll post it in the ID forum, but let me know if anyone has seen this rose.

Every day with roses is an adventure and I am loving every second of it.