Last spring, Terry and I were down at the Agway when we noticed some Sub-Zero Roses on sale.
Well, we had already pounded some holes into our clay and rock mixture of a yard, but this plant didn't look like it need much more than a little hole so we bought it. It was only about $10 and Terry likes roses. It didn't take much to chisel out a one-and -a-half-gallon hole, pour in some peat moss and potting soil and plant the little twig of a rose bush in the sun.
Well, by golly, something went right. It started to grow! And then it started to put out flower buds. Three of them to be exact. And then in early July the roses opened. They were gorgeous but all too soon they were gone and I thought we would have to prune and wait till next year for more flowers.
Curiously, despite Japanese beetles all over the raspberry bushes and the blackberry canes (next year there will be traps!), there didn't seem to be any attacking our little rose bush. The leaves were unmarked and glossy green signs of a very healthy plant.
A little over a week ago we noticed another batch of blossoms appearing on the little bush which still stands less than 2 feet tall. There are now seven buds in various stages of maturity.
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