First buds
 

Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

--
Theo

in KC Z5

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:03:17 GMT, "Theo"
wrote:

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

Well, Old Blush is always weeks and weeks ahead of everything else. So
it's not all that big of a deal really.

However, I'll have to say that I'm getting really strong red growth on
my roses. Don Juan especially seems to be really going like
gangbusters.

We got a little rain last night but in general, it's been pretty dry.
This is the start of the rainy season though.

Even though I'm still expecting a couple of frosty nights, I'm doing
the pruning thing. I can't argue with Mother Nature, who seems to want
to get my roses started. Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand. Epson
salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down. I need to get some
good compost as well... Oh yeah, I need to get some fish emulsion as
well...

First buds
 

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

--
Theo

in KC Z5

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:03:17 GMT, "Theo"
wrote:

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

Well, Old Blush is always weeks and weeks ahead of everything else. So
it's not all that big of a deal really.

However, I'll have to say that I'm getting really strong red growth on
my roses. Don Juan especially seems to be really going like
gangbusters.

We got a little rain last night but in general, it's been pretty dry.
This is the start of the rainy season though.

Even though I'm still expecting a couple of frosty nights, I'm doing
the pruning thing. I can't argue with Mother Nature, who seems to want
to get my roses started. Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand. Epson
salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down. I need to get some
good compost as well... Oh yeah, I need to get some fish emulsion as
well...

First buds
 

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

--
Theo

in KC Z5

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:03:17 GMT, "Theo"
wrote:

dang,

My roses havn't even leafed out yet.

Its been raining so much I can't even get my second dormant
spray in this year.

Was 26 degrees two nights ago.

And they also want to upgrade me to Z6

Well, Old Blush is always weeks and weeks ahead of everything else. So
it's not all that big of a deal really.

However, I'll have to say that I'm getting really strong red growth on
my roses. Don Juan especially seems to be really going like
gangbusters.

We got a little rain last night but in general, it's been pretty dry.
This is the start of the rainy season though.

Even though I'm still expecting a couple of frosty nights, I'm doing
the pruning thing. I can't argue with Mother Nature, who seems to want
to get my roses started. Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand. Epson
salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down. I need to get some
good compost as well... Oh yeah, I need to get some fish emulsion as
well...

First buds
 

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

"dave weil" wrote
[...] Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand.
Epson salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down [...]

Yeah, those Epson salts always make a good impression.
They really imprint the roses with good health.

Mark., sorry, couldn't resist that typo

First buds
 

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
Today's the first day that I noticed bud formation. As usual, it's on
Old Blush (Cl).

This is Zone 6b (soon possibly to be Zone 7, but right on the edge of
7).

First buds
 

"dave weil" wrote
[...] Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand.
Epson salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down [...]

Yeah, those Epson salts always make a good impression.
They really imprint the roses with good health.

Mark., sorry, couldn't resist that typo

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:55:54 -0500, "Mark. Gooley"
wrote:


"dave weil" wrote
[...] Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand.
Epson salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down [...]

Yeah, those Epson salts always make a good impression.
They really imprint the roses with good health.

Mark., sorry, couldn't resist that typo

You had to hew it, didn't ya?

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:55:54 -0500, "Mark. Gooley"
wrote:


"dave weil" wrote
[...] Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand.
Epson salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down [...]

Yeah, those Epson salts always make a good impression.
They really imprint the roses with good health.

Mark., sorry, couldn't resist that typo

You had to hew it, didn't ya?

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:18:37 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

Actually I'm jealous. No snow to speak of this year. Ironically we
were too far north, as an hour south of us got 8 inches (which isn't
all that common round these parts either...) We got some little flakes
blowing around in the air.

I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. We live in an area that
has had early spring snowfalls before.

First buds
 

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:18:37 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

Actually I'm jealous. No snow to speak of this year. Ironically we
were too far north, as an hour south of us got 8 inches (which isn't
all that common round these parts either...) We got some little flakes
blowing around in the air.

I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. We live in an area that
has had early spring snowfalls before.

First buds
 

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:18:37 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

Actually I'm jealous. No snow to speak of this year. Ironically we
were too far north, as an hour south of us got 8 inches (which isn't
all that common round these parts either...) We got some little flakes
blowing around in the air.

I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. We live in an area that
has had early spring snowfalls before.

First buds
 

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:12:26 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

Oh well. Sorry.

First buds
 

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:18:37 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I have a fresh blanket of about 6 inches of snow covering my rose bush.

Actually I'm jealous. No snow to speak of this year. Ironically we
were too far north, as an hour south of us got 8 inches (which isn't
all that common round these parts either...) We got some little flakes
blowing around in the air.

I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. We live in an area that
has had early spring snowfalls before.

First buds
 

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:12:26 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

Oh well. Sorry.

First buds
 

dave weil wrote in message . ..
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:12:26 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

Oh well. Sorry.

Just noticed my first blooms in the garden, Old Blush (standard).
Have buds on Arch Duke Charles, Carefree Beauty, Mutabilis, and
Cecile Brunner. Spring fever is running rampant here down south (on
the zone 7-8 line)
Hamp

First buds
 

I guess we Northern Californians won't gloat (too much) over our early
flowers (So Cal doesn't count; they have blooms all year)


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First buds
 

No rosebuds or even rose leaves(!) here yet. Just snow and some crocuses
in Eastern Pa. Sandy

First buds
 

"Sandy" wrote in message
...
No rosebuds or even rose leaves(!) here yet. Just snow
and some crocuses
in Eastern Pa. Sandy

I live near San Antonio TX (Zone 8). The moderns
are all leafed out but only some of the old garden
roses have blooms - Noisettes like Crepuscule and
my oldest Ferdinand Pichard (Hybrid Perpetual) - and
one of the climbers (Don Juan) has a lone bloom.
I have an Angel Face small standard potted on the
front porch and that bloomed a month ago but it's
in a protected (warmer) area.

Gail

First buds
 

"Sandy" wrote in message
...
No rosebuds or even rose leaves(!) here yet. Just snow
and some crocuses
in Eastern Pa. Sandy

I live near San Antonio TX (Zone 8). The moderns
are all leafed out but only some of the old garden
roses have blooms - Noisettes like Crepuscule and
my oldest Ferdinand Pichard (Hybrid Perpetual) - and
one of the climbers (Don Juan) has a lone bloom.
I have an Angel Face small standard potted on the
front porch and that bloomed a month ago but it's
in a protected (warmer) area.

Gail

First buds
 

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:48:33 -0600, dave weil
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:12:26 GMT, "MT girl"
wrote:

I'm not happy. I am really anxious for spring now.

Oh well. Sorry.

And of course, here in Nashville, we might not have snow, but it's
going to be sub-freezing for the second night in a row. Tonight, it's
going to be 26 degrees. Glad I planted those later-blooming narcissi.
They've just now started throwing up bloom stalks and they aren't open
yet. It's going to be sad looking at all of the drooping
currently-blooming beautiful narcissi in the next day or two, but
that's just part of living in Nashville, I suppose.

Right now it's 38 degrees outside.

One good thing about the deeper frosts at this time of the year -
usually they only hit those lows for a short period of time right at
dawn, instead of being that cold for hours at a time.

First buds
 

Yesterday I walked around to the south side after a week
and found Lavender Lassie all busting out in greenery.

Alba meidiland, Alexander Mac & Cecile B are busting out too.

This is the earliest I have seem them greening out. I will probably
get blooms in April from this lot.

--
Theo

in KC Z5

"dave weil" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:55:54 -0500, "Mark. Gooley"
wrote:


"dave weil" wrote
[...] Yesterday, I laid down all of my feedings,
with the exception of alfalfa meal, which I don't have on hand.
Epson salts, blood and bone meal and Osmocote went down [...]

Yeah, those Epson salts always make a good impression.
They really imprint the roses with good health.

Mark., sorry, couldn't resist that typo

You had to hew it, didn't ya?

We may not have snow, but it will be points in the second freezing night in a row. Tonight, it will be 26 degrees. I'm glad I planted those later - daffodils in full bloom. now they just started vomiting and flowering stems and they do not open however.