Roses then and now

Last week this rose started to bud.  What a beautiful color!  This is the rose that almost didn't make it, that was winter killed right back to the ground.  I'm so relieved it made a come back!

Here's the same rose this week, fully opened, what a beauty!  This little rose bush survived -30 to -35 degree celcius temperatures this past winter.  And lived to tell the tale.....