Rose Flowering House Plant from Giant

Finally! We found a flowering house plant that we have been looking for for over two weeks. We usually have luck with Giant, but they didn’t have anything. Then we decided to drive to American Plant. They didn’t have anything either. Then we took a ride to Ginkgo’s in our old Capitol Hill neighborhood - nothing. We checked out the plant and flower shop just down the street from us. Disappointed again - although we found out we could come here for just one or two flowers whenever we are in the mood rather than get a bouquet. We checked another Giant in Vienna - they had a few African violets, but they didn’t look so hot. Then we drove out to Wolftrap nursery - forget it. Then I checked the internet to find out if flowering house plants are just plain out of season. It didn’t seem to be the case. When we went grocery shopping this week we thought we would take another look at the plant supply. And there they were - the little rose plants that we know won’t last very long but will add some color to the plant stand that is primarily green. My husband liked the purply pink color - I would have preferred the white. There was also a red one. The plants looked fresh so we got the purply one. The fading green plant was removed and replaced with this one. There are rocks on the bottom of the pot and the water can drain. The trick is to keep the soil moist but not wet. I’ve never mastered this process and the rose buds start to fade. Unfortunately these roses require a lot of sun and that defeats the purpose of having something on the plant stand. So every day we put it on the west facing window sill and hope it does well. Then in the evening it goes back to where it belongs. Maybe we will have better luck this time - but I have my doubts.