Grocery Store Rose Blooms Again!

It happened again! The miniature rose plant that we bought at the Giant grocery store five years ago bloomed. This plant was first placed in the dining room for two years or so, and then it was moved out to the balcony. My husband has given it tender loving care since the beginning. He prefers one small flower to a full garden. We used to have a large garden in the Midwest, then a small patio garden on Capitol Hill, and now a couple of window baskets on our balcony. This is the first year that our coco lined baskets have not been filled with annual flowers. The mockingbirds, doves and crows are pilfering off the coco liner for other uses. The only thing left in the basket is some ivy and one viola that survived the winter. I just don’t feel like dealing with the mess of it all. So it’s really nice to have the tiny flowering rose bloom again. Since March there were signs of rejuvenation. Now there are four stages of bud to full bloom in this little plant. And it usually blooms at least twice during the summer. Most often these plants don’t last past one season. But in our house it has defied the odds. And I know the reason why.