Tucked away under shredded and pocked leaves, a miniature rose raises its last blossom of 2011. Curled hosta leaves sheltered the little rose all summer.
Tim and Nancy sent me a planter filled with three miniature rose plants for my winter birthday several years ago. Reading up on roses, I discovered that I could plant them outside. This miniature birthday rose is in a overgrown perennial bed that will be revamped next year. The rose is small, maybe twelve inches tall, with a blossom that might be an inch and a half across.
The hostas are huge and need to be divided. The irises in the bed are weedy. Next summer the little rose will get a new home. For now, it is a tiny reminder of summer. Here at Cedar Bluff, it is the last rose of summer.
Copyright 2011
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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