Last fall, while on a trip to Valu, a local hardware store, I noticed a sale bin filled with bare root roses, above which a crudely painted sign read "Roses- $ 2.00." Well, roses have always been my favorite flower, so I looked through the selection and found one of my longtime favorites- a 'Kordus Perfecta." I didn't know that rose was still available! With a price like that, there wasn't much to lose, so I bought it and took a chance on a $2.00 rose from a hardware store.
Last fall I planted it right near my front door, never really expecting much. Right now it is about 3 1/2 feet tall, and even though we've had more rain than the Amazon rain forest, it is rewarding me with some gorgeous August blooms. The blooms in June were gorgeous, of course, but what a treat to see roses at the end of the summer.
Little watercolors are fun to do, and I think a nice watercolor of a single rose will be a lot of fun to work on in the dead of winter.
Moral of the story? You never know what you'll stumble upon at a hardware store!
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