I used to grow hundreds of varieties of roses, but later I only took a liking to those rare varieties that aren’t found in my country. I would even go out of my way to purchase flowers from abroad and propagate them through cuttings. I honed my cutting skills to perfection. You could say that with just a pair of scissors, I could create an entire garden! But eventually, (Omitted details) I stopped growing roses altogether. I used to look down on varieties like the “Juice Balcony” because they were too common. This particular one was actually on the brink of death when my sister gave it to me. I nursed it back to health, and now it has eleven blooms on its branches! It took me two years, but the flowers are quite beautiful and it blooms frequently. Now I’m tempted to grow roses again, but I only want thornless varieties. I was pricked too many times before and got scared. The joy of gardening doesn’t come from having the rarest and most expensive plants. Although those rare and precious varieties are challenging to grow and can impress others, satisfying some vanity, there’s a deeper sense of fulfillment in nurturing ordinary or dying plants back to health. Growing flowers can be more expensive than buying fresh ones, but the latter lacks the emotional attachment. They’re just decorative and disposable. “It is the only rose in the universe. It is my rose.”“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”

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