Little Red Rose

You know the type I'm talking about. The kind your local grocery store carries, especially during holidays. They always seem to have a plant section with miniature roses in various colors, sitting there in their four inch pots with their perfect little buds and flowers calling to you "buy me...take me home...I'm beautiful...I won't die on you..."

I have never had luck with any miniature rose I've purchased. As soon as I bring them home they begin to wilt and die. It didn't matter where I located them...in the house, on the patio, planted in the ground. Maybe I gave them to much water or not enough water. Or maybe I gave them to much sunlight or not enough sunlight.

Then a few months ago my sister brought me home a miniature red rose as a surprise! I really felt bad for it. I knew it's fate. But surprisingly, the little red rose is thriving! After the first bloom, I replanted it into a larger pot and put it on the patio. I am amazed at how well it's doing! It's about three or four times it's original size!

Today, as I was giving Little Red Rose (yes I named it...after all it's a survivor) a drink of water, I'm almost sure I heard it whisper..."see...I told you I wouldn't die on you" :)