ed wrote:

it was about 60 degrees in Winston Salem NC USA today...I got out and
piddled, cutting out deadwood, looking and dreaming, planning and
dreaming...such is the hope of a rose lover...and I got sliced a little bit,
sweet wounds to look at later this week when it gets cold again...no
apologies here for looking forward to fighting aphids and looking for that
first bloom....

Ed you are such a softie! I am looking forward to doing the same
soon if I can get caught up at work. What do you have and what
are you thinking of getting this year? Tell all! (I am in Raleigh,
and really like W/S, by the way.)