About Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener
Christopher R. VanCleave – America’s Favorite Rose Gardener
Nicknamed "The Redneck Rosarian”, Chris VanCleave is passionate about gardening and growing roses. He is an active member of the Birmingham chapter of the American Rose Society, serving two terms as President. In 2007, he created the Rose Chat Podcast which has reached over a half a million listeners with news and information on growing on growing the world’s most beloved flower, the rose.
He was a contributor to the 2015 Southern Living Gardening Book, has appeared on P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home television show and was featured in the June 2015 issue of Southern Living Magazine. Locally, Chris serves as Chairman of the Helena Alabama Beautification Board where he has spearheaded efforts to create a sustainable landscape in one of the top one hundred places to live in the United States.
His writing is seen at About.com and on his popular website; RedneckRosarian.com, where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening.
An agent of change with over 20 years’ experience in process innovation, Mr. VanCleave is leading the charge to reinvigorate horticultural societies and helping them to reach their full potential in the social media age.
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The Redneck Rosarian 
>very pretty I was looking through you blog so many pretty roses I can just smell how wonderful your house must be with these fresh flowers! I agree stop the murder! no reason to "trim" back crep myrtles to the trunk.Enjoy the rest of your week =0)
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>a sight for sore eyes – I can't wait to see my flowers blooming again. Happy WW
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>Many blessings to you RR! He has risen.
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>I'm a new follower through Wordless Wednesday & I hope you'll check my page & follow back. Your pix are beautiful – I've got a few beauties I posted today, too!
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>Just lovely! The only thing in bloom here is my forsythia. Still cold here.
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>How pretty Chris. I cannot wait until mine blooms. If it blooms as well as the white Iceberg I will be so happy with it.
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>Lovely. I saw one simialr to this color at Petals called Hot Cocoa….I loved the coloring on it. This one is a beauty
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>such a wonderful, deep wine-like color. i love it! beautifully photographed as well.
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>This iceburg sure beats the kind they put in salad.
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>Such rich color in that photo. Stunning!
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>I've often been tempted by photos of Burgundy Iceberg and yours tempts me as well. Do you happen to grow Ebb Tide? I wonder how they compare.
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>All: Thanks for you comments on this rose. I really like the coloring. Dirt Princess: I love Hot Cocoa. Don't grow it though. Give me time.. I will have it… LOLRev Scott: I do not grow Ebb Tide, have seen it at many rose shows, I am told it is a great rose.
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