Rose of Sharon reflects on the blind spot of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, which automatically grants U.S. Citizenship to qualifiable international adoptees, but excludes those who were already 18 or older when it took effect in February, 2001. An estimate of 18,000 Korean American adoptees in the U.S. fall under this loophole, thereby susceptible to deportation. 

The Rose and the Rose of Sharon are both national flowers of the U.S. and South Korea. Through the use of watermark, the phrase "of sharon" is revealed when light passes through it. Likewise, a Rose of Sharon flower appears with light and is juxtaposed with a Rose seed. 

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