About RedneckRosarian
For Chris VanCleave aka "The Redneck Rosarian", growing roses has become a passion. Chris currently serves as President of the Birmingham Rose Society and is an active member of the American Rose Society serving on the Marketing and Membership committees. His writing appears at About.com, ShelbyCo Magazine and on his popular blog, RedneckRosarian.com where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening. Creator and host of Rose Chat Radio, the only broadcast dedicated to growing roses, Chris is a tireless advocate of our national floral emblem; the rose. He and his wife tend a rose garden of over 150 roses just south of Birmingham, Alabama.
These are stunning! The black artwork is a beautiful rose companion!! Enjoy!
Beautiful! I have lots of wooden fence in my backyard, and you gave me some great ideas on how to make it more attractive! Happy WW!
lovely Chris, I love climbing roses!
These are lovely. Have a great WW.
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Hi Chris, very lovely roses you are showing us here! I am especially impressed by ‘Social Climber’. I noticed that the tall canes of your ‘Reine des Violettes’ are a little bit bare. They look exactly like mine do. I thought there is something wrong with my rose or my rose care, but it might be just the habit of this Hybrid Perpetual. Anyway, I will forgive this rose anything because of her unbelievable beautiful blooms
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Christina
Christina, This is the third year for Social Climber in my garden and this seems to be her year. I planted three side by side and they are really producing some good blooms this spring. I have always thought the same about Reine des Violettes. Such a beautiful rose, I can excuse the lack of foliage. –Chris