Mid-Atlantic Gardening: DO YOU HAVE SOME SIGNS OF SPRING 2013? #3, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
A few new pictures--The peonies are opening up and the Roses are starting to bloom.

#1--This is my first and oldest peony I own. I have NO idea how old it is....25? 30? yrs...
It has HUGE, white blooms, with smithereens of deep pink in the base of the bloom.
It is one of 5 I have.
Please note the TINY bed it is in....about 5' x 2'. Just the Peony and the Proteus Clematis--and now
two good-sized plants of Monkshood as well. It is right next to one of the old, white Azaleas...
My KK Hibiscus started here.....:o}

#2--Close up of the bloom.

#2--And this is my tiny, "refuse-to-die" First prize Rose....It gifts me with only ONE bloom--every year.
This year the bloom is very small--but still a perfect Rose... The stem is only about 14" tall.

#3--This is the most perfect Rose shot I have ever taken of this same rose--way back in 2006.
This past year, the "The Avalon Garden Club" of NJ asked for permission to use this
Photo on their Website. What an honor for me!!!
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Here is their request:

Our local non-profit Garden Club (approx. 100 members) is creating a website for its
> members and also as information for potential new members.
> The Avalon Garden Club's emblem is the First Prize rose and we would like
> to put that on the Home page of our website. I have grown the First Prize
> rose and am familiar with its form and beauty. I feel that the photoraph
> (c2dc94-First bloom on my new First Prize Rose) on the Internet is a
> wonderful example of this beautiful rose.
> I am asking for permission to use the photograph on our website.Thank you
> Mary Reynolds (Avalon Garden Club Website Committee)
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Gita