Grocery Store Miniature Roses Revived

We bought a miniature rose plant from Giant last year. We wanted to add a bit of color to the plant stand that was primarily green. It bloomed not once, but twice. It became my husband’s pet. So throughout the winter it hibernated. Then in March we trimmed back the leaves and waited to see what might happen. My husband babied the plant - every day moving it to and from the sunlit windowsill so it would get all the heat and light any plant in spring requires. He was watering it almost every day. Then it looked like a small bud appeared. We watched as it started to thrive. We checked to see how long it usually takes for a bud to actually bloom and become the lovely flower the plant is intended to have. Two weeks was the answer. The buds kept getting a little bigger and all of a sudden it was just a matter of time. Then the bud opened a bit - just enough to see the color it would become - sort of a dusty rose. Now it’s warm enough today to see the full bloom in the full sun. There are actually small four plants and each one of them has a single bud. Hopefully it will last a bit longer. I suppose that goes to show you that with enough attention and care even a miniature rose from the grocery store can return to life. Sounds like a great theme for a children’s book!