Who'd a' thunk it?

I may have found the very first OGR flowerbud of the year on our tiny hybrid gallica rose Allegra.

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.37079.1

I also see one on Paul Ricault. I'm very excited!

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2201

I think that the harsh winter might have killed our butterfly bush "Honeycomb." What a shame! We're going to give it a week to confirm that it's 100 percent croaked and then replace it with Crown Princess Margareta.

I love that Madame Hardy is really just one long 3 1/2 foot cane with a couple of little ones growing from the base. If she doesn't bloom this year I'm going to wring her neck..LOL...