Last summer we weren't in the front part of the house, so we weren't in charge of the roses. The people who lived there chopped the roses to the ground every couple of weeks because they didn't want the bugs that were attracted to the flowers, so this year the poor little things took weeks longer to even show any leaves. While other people's roses were these huge bushes full of blooming roses, my little bushes finally decided that it was safe to come out. Here's some pictures after they started to bloom. Two of the little bushes, though, still haven't bloomed yet. They've had buds for days, but it seems that they're still too scared that they'll get hacked off.
