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It’s July! Show Us Your Bloomers!
America’s Favorite Rose Gardener, Chris VanCleave shares his “tried and true” roses. Those varieties that seem to thrive despite the record heat of July. Continue reading
Posted in #roses, Alabama, Care And Feeding, Rose Care, Rose Report, roses
Tagged Deep South, flowers, garden, gardening, growing roses, july, nature, No Spray Roses, Photography, plants, rosarian, Rose Expert, Rose Photography, roses, shrub roses, Star Roses & Plants, Sustainable Gardening, tough roses, Weeks Roses
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First Frost
The first frost of the season arrived this morning and brought with it an eerie silence in the garden. It’s always a little sad to see the end of the bloom season arrive, yet a period of dormancy is a … Continue reading
Posted in #roses, Alabama, Frost, Garden
Tagged frost, gardening expert, rosarian, roses, winter
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November in the Rose Garden
It’s November and the final blooms of the season are singing their swan song in our Alabama rose garden. If you haven’t had a tetanus shot in the last ten years, now is a great time to get one … Continue reading
October In The Rose Garden
The end of the rose growing season is upon us and here are a few rose care tips for October: What’s bloom in in your garden this week? Here are a few of my blooms: … Continue reading
Grow Roses for A Colorful Landscape
Rose gardening expert Chris VanCleave aka “The Redneck Rosarian” shares sustainable landscape roses that will stand up to the Alabama heat. Continue reading
Roses In Bloom This Week
With much of the hardscape now completed, we have time to sit back and enjoy the roses. Here are a few of the blooms we are enjoying this week. What’s blooming in your neck of the woods this … Continue reading
Posted in #MooPooCrew, #roses, Alabama, Blushing Knock Out, Hybrid Tea, Hybrid Tea Roses
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Get Low! Here’s How to Prune Your Roses
Rose gardening expert Chris VanCleave offers his tips for pruning repeat blooming roses in this tutorial video and companion blog post. Do you know the three D’s of rose pruning? Continue reading
Posted in #MooPooCrew, #roses, Alabama, Pruning, YouTube
Tagged Alabama, American Rose Society, gardening, helena al, prune your roses, Pruning, rose care, Rose Expert, rose pruning, spring, springtime
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Great Times at the Birmingham Home & Garden Show
Rose gardening expert Chris VanCleave aka The Redneck Rosarian recaps his recent celebrity appearance at the Birmingham Home & Garden Show appearing with HGTV’s Flipping the Block winners John & Whitney Spinks and Those Fabulous Beekman Boys at the largest Home & Garden event in Alabama. Continue reading
Posted in #roses, 2015 rose introductions, Alabama, Best Of Birmingham, birmingham home and garden show
Tagged Birmingham Home & Garden Show, celebrities, celebrity rednecks, David Austin roses, Fabulous Beekman Boys, Garden Shows, podcast, rednecks and roses, rose chat, rose chat road show, rose gardening expert, rose talk, roses
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2015 Birmingham Home & Garden Show – Y’all Come!
Join rose gardening expert Chris VanCleave aka The Redneck Rosarian along with Those Fabulous Beekman Boys, John & Whitney Spinks from HGTV’s Flipping the Block and Christie Dedman, Birmingham’s Bargain Mom for a weekend of fun and interesting ideas at the 2015 Birmingham Home & Garden Show at the BJCC Continue reading
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