Miniature Roses Bloom Again!

We bought the tiny rose plant at the grocery store at least three years ago. If anyone ever told us that it would still be growing and blooming three years later we would have been surprised. But if my husband has anything to do with it, that’s the key to the success of this miniature rose plant. We don’t have a lot of plants - or anything - anymore since we moved to the condo in northern Virginia. We had a small patio garden in our Capitol Hill condo, and a few houseplants now. On the balcony there are three coco lined window baskets that we try to keep going with seasonal flowers. But the crows and other birds keep throwing the dirt around - tempting us to remove the planters after this season. But the one outdoor plant that remains is the miniature rose. We used to keep it in the house but it seems to thrive in the humidity and west side of the building that gets full sun. My husband waters it twice a day. Currently there are three blossoms, and one of the branches was just cut back this week. We anticipate that it will bloom once again this year. Last year we left the plant outside over winter and it still came back. My husband prefers to have very few things. But he takes care of them so well. 

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! 

Miniature Roses

We have a lot of green house plants. It is very green, so we got a miniature rose plant from Giant several weeks ago to add a bit of drama. The blooms lasted for over a week. Then the plant started looking sad. So my husband took it upon himself to nurture this plant. He has been bringing it over to the west facing window every day from the console table, and making sure it’s getting enough water. Apparently these little plants stop flowering in September. Now, after all the loving care it has received, several buds appeared and now they are all back in bloom - and there is one more in the making.  So I took some photos of the roses - each one is a little different dusty rose color than the next. We used to get cut flowers every week or two and put them in the wall vase and the console vase to add more color. This little rose plant replaced that option and has surprised us both. After these blooms fade we are going to try and keep it going. The results for my husband’s efforts were stunning!