I know other people have roses blooming already, but in my relatively shady yard, the wild rose is the first to bloom and just started blooming today. I may regret planting it (it was a seedling that randomly appeared in my yard a couple of years ago and I rescued it and gave it a home at the back of the Adventure Garden) because it suckers quite a bit, but it's a hardy native and is not only the first rose in my garden to bloom, but also the first to leaf out and look good in spring. So for now, it stays (those are purple dwarf bearded iris in the background.)
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