I'm in North Carolina, and our weather pattern has been similar to yours. March was warmer here (mostly low 50s), but still cooler than usual. April began with a blast of heat (upper 80s to around 90), and we're just now beginning to see actual spring-like temps in the 60s and 70s. My earliest rabbiteyes began blooming in late February, and several of my Southern Highbush quickly followed. I didn't begin to see any active bees until late March, and then only a few. Nonetheless, I definitely have a lot of developing berries, so pollination doesn't seem to have been a problem. As was discussed in other recent thread, bumblebees are very efficient, and one can pretty much take care of an entire bush in a very short span of time. So, I wouldn't count your early bloomers out. There might have been a few active bees here and there that you didn't see.

A pre-emergent weed control product needs to be in contact with the sprouting weed seeds - wherever they are. If you have weeds sprouting in a mulched bed, it's probably because they blew in or birds pooped them into the mulched area, and they are growing above the landscape fabric. You might do better to just hand-pull the few that sprout instead of using a pre-emergent. Pre-emergents are best in areas where you have a lot of dirt and a heavy weed crop you want to prevent. After a couple of years, if they are successful, you can switch to post-emergent killing with herbicides or hand pulling.

Thanks for posting this. Thought I had to mail order heirloom roses, glad to find a local place. Stopped by and the whole family was repotting roses. Got an availability list, what a selection! They also carry beautiful large Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata', just starting to bloom. There is no minimum order.

Hancock & Moore was purchased by Century Furniture however many of the key Hancock & Moore personnel have remained at the company & they will still operate out of the Hancock & Moore facility in much of the same manner has they have been operating. Freethinker99 as a former Hancock & Moore retailer have never known them to replace cushion cores to the original owner during the lifetime of their warranty. Cushion cores have a warranty period.