Which rose has bloomed first in your garden?

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Desdemona here

My first this year is Blue For You - beautifully scented as well.

Etoile de Hollande is my first rose bloom. Fabulous big blooms with gorgeous scent, but viscous thorns. I grow it along a fence with the raised veg beds in front.

A huge and unidentified yellow shrub rose by our front gate, which goes bonkers every year and smells absolutely divine. It's a stunner.

Next up is an iceberg- type climber that I've forgotten the name of, just starting to open its buds.

I'm still waiting on La Reine Victoria, Charles Darwin, Paul Noel, Wollerton Old Hall, Rambling Rector and something else whose name escapes me, but they're all fairly new and still getting established. Our garden was a rose-free zone until a couple of years ago!

Golden Rose var. Arthur Bell, developed for the Coronation. Highly scented and huge blooms, this is about 6 inches across

all the yellow ones. All DA and all different in different locations

That looks very much like the one I mentioned, @rightoguvnor! It was the only rose in the entire garden (in fact pretty much the only thing growing at all) when we bought the house, so I have no idea what it's called. But the bud with the pinky/red edges is identical. It does indeed smell heavenly, with great big blooms. It's massive, too.

Gertrude Jekyll , which I cut back quite harshly last year and have been rewarded with lots of blooms since.

The first one was one I don’t know the name of, so here’s my Generous Gardener. It smells divine.

Princess Anne, then Gertrude Jekyll, then the Desdemonas by the front gate. Boscobel is a few days off, and the others are trailing rather sadly.

I only have one now but she was here long before I moved in which makes her at least 35-40 years old! She's a Peace rose so smells fabulous and it seemed just perfect because of the circumstances in which I came to live here. I've never quite won the fight with black spot but she blooms beautifully until early November most years.

@marriednotdead i have one of those, and mine always has some black spot too. I do love it though, the yellow and pink petals, and it smells so sweet.

I was very impressed my St Ethelburga gave me a December rose last year!

William and Catherine then Winchester Cathedral. My Iceberg now has 2 out and a lot of buds. I have a massive Rambling Rector that is covered in buds but isn't quite out yet. I'm debating a second Iceberg on a bare patch of wall as its always the most reliable and goes on flowering for ever. However if anyone has any ideas on an equally well performing white rose that also smells I'd be interested....

Scentsation decided to open up today. So beautiful.

David Austin’s ‘Rambling Rector’ followed by (also DA’s) ‘Emma Bridgewater’

I must admit I do like the new David Austin ‘The King’s Rose’ but I really dislike King Charles! 🫣

Also Gertrude Jekyll here, about a week ago. 7 other roses now in bloom. Two established and two cuttings taken last year left to go - they all have buds but no flowers yet.

Kew Gardens and Desdemona first here, but the others are bursting with buds, I've got over twenry five varieties, so can't list them all.

Raspberry Ripple came out first, then Dublin Bay followed by Blue Moon.
I have a pound shop cheapie climber that looks like a David Austin, the palest of apricot colours with a huge number of blooms. The best quid I ever spent.

This is my favourite, I call it Wolfie's Rose, as its where I scattered my dog's ashes x

All from the pound shop except Raspberry Ripple

Ferdinand Pichard was the first one to flower here 😊

Gertrude Jekyll here too, followed by Desdemona. Charles Darwin is on his way but Blue Moon doesn’t look very well (was meant to have Blue For You but gardeners couldn’t source it). They were all planted about this time last year as part of a total overhaul.

Though first place was actually next door’s MASSIVE white rose tree that extends over my garden!

Margaret Merrill which smells amazing. Just buds on Hommage à Barbara, although masses of foliage, and on Remember Me. Rosa Mundi very underwhelming at the moment.

A beautiful eye of the tiger rose, been v prolific. Then something dark purple followed by my Port Sunlight which I adore.

It’s either called Retirement or Happy retirement.