Patio Rose

Three years ago, some of the students that I was working with

gave me this patio rose.

It was absolutely beautiful

...a big plant with loads of roses blooming on it.

I've lost the name tag

but I think it was named 'Sweet Dreams'

After it had finished flowering I put it in the garden and didn't see it for a while.

Last summer I found it

and it looked so unhappy

I stuck it(that is the operative word for I certainly can't say 'planted with care')

in a pot standing on the back patio.

I found it a couple of days ago and thought that It was looking so nice I would share it with you!

When we moved here, nearly 16 years ago,

I brought a little blue flowered hebe with us and planted it in the patio borders.

The heavy snow and ice,

a few years ago,

 killed it and I was so disappointed!

Then last summer I found a little seedling and....

'stuck' it in a pot on the patio.....

yes....you've guessed.......

It is flowering beautifully...and doesn't it look lovely with the rose?

If I'd tried to plan I probably would not have thought of putting these two together

But I think that one compliments the other very well!