Roses Are Blooming, Spring is Here!

It's official, first roses of the season are out. My David Austin climber, Teasing Georgia, has her first big display of the season. She's just started her big show of the spring with about 15 blooms and we stopped counting at 50 buds, she'll show off big for the next 2-3 weeks and then just a couple here in there until June and then she'll pop again. The pink tea roses in the back yard are covered in red and green foliage and lots of buds, they'll do great until the black spot sets in during the June rains and they'll get leggy and produce a constant stream but not enough for cutting. I think we got a little crazy cutting back the antique roses (they've never even been trimmed before) so not sure what they'll do but it had to be done, we could barely get through the back yard gate. The bridal wreath looks great and the crepe myrtles went from no leaves to full foliage in about 3 weeks. I expect the mocking birds will be building a nest in the corner tree and chasing the squirrels along the fence line... Everything here has been covered in yellow-green pine and oak pollen for the last 2 weeks and now the indian hawthorne has started up. No rest for the allergies...