And So It Begins: First Blooms of 2024!

VRS Member Alex Waterhouse-Heyward, a renowned Vancouver photographer and noted blogger, suggested a few years ago that we begin sharing our first blooms of the new season with each other. The idea quickly caught on and we've been doing it every year since.

The 'First Bloom' of 2024 is a beauty! This fabulous pic was sent in from John M. from his garden in Victoria, BC.

Thanks so much for sharing your 'Canary Bird' (Rosa xanthina "Canary Bird') with us, John.

And just a reminder to everyone to share your 'first blooms' with all of us!

You can read about -- and see more photos of -- first bloomers in Alex Waterhouse-Hayward's blog at:

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/roses-clematis-hosta-scanned-ii.html 

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/single-malt-scotch-rosarians-delights.html 

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/roses-clematis-hosta-scanned.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/two-gardens-of-earthy-delight.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/rose-is-rose-is-rose-is-rose.html 

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/tres-alejandras.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2015/06/chapeau-de-napoleon.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/purple-haze-fashionable-twice.html 

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2013/06/in-lieu-of-that-readhead.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/rosa-constance-spry-happy-man-makes-me.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/yellow-she-affords.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/06/sanda-simic-generous-gardener.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/a-sepal-petal-and-thorn.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/rosa-souvenir-de-malmaison-corn.html 

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2019/05/my-first-rose-of-season-rosa-sericea.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2019/04/the-first-rose-to-bloom-in-our-garden.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2017/05/jacqueline-du-pre-returns-i-smile.htm

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2017/05/rosa-james-mason-all-potential-more.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2008/06/russian-frenchman-canadian-placid.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2013/07/all-that-jazz-lurid-wonderful.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/plants-their-faces.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/naked-nude-observed.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/rosa-benjamin-britten.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/dr-huey-makes-house-calls.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/accuracy-then-beauty.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/leander-is-back-to-heros-welcome.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2007/04/rosa-agnes-john-tuytle-vandusen-plant.html

http://blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com/2020/05/gertrude-jekyll.html