More unseasonably warm weather this week produced some lovely springtime blooms. Here’s what’s blooming this week:
‘Climbing Pinkie’ – Climbing Polyantha
‘Old Blush’ – China Rose
‘Social Climber’ – Climbing Rose
‘Cotton Candy’ Tall Bearded Iris
‘Cinco de Mayo’ Floribunda
‘Mary Rose’ – David Austin English Rose
Desert Eve -Red Yarrow – Achillea millefolium ‘Desred’
A new perennial in our front garden
‘Sunny Knockout’ – Shrub Rose
New Garden Stone Makes It Official –
We no longer have a back yard. We now have a rose garden….. Big Smiles
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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.
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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.
The Redneck Rosarian 
Hi Chris. Your Desert Eve red yarrow is very pretty. I am so fond of yarrow’s. Your new sign is wonderful. It is now an official rose garden.
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Thanks Lona. I am planting 3 types of Yarrow this year, this one a yellow and a white. Hope they all do well for me….
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Looks so lush and beautiful. Love the new yarrow. I don’t have that one …. YET! Looks like you will have iris very soon! Enjoy.
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Can’t wait to see this iris bloom. Got it two years ago at The Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale. I love white irises!
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Beautiful blooms!
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Michele, Thanks so much for visiting my blog. We are enjoying some lovely blooms this Spring…
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