Category Archives: First Prize

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Beautiful fall blooms from rose expert Chris VanCleave’s Alabama rose garden. aka The Redneck Rosarian Continue reading →

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Garden Walk Video – October

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

October is here and our rose garden is winding down for the year. I’m not sure how many more posts we’ll have of blooms from the garden so I took a stroll this morning and this is what I found … Continue reading →

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First Prize – Hybrid Tea

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

First Prize – This rose was originally introduced in 1970 and was a AARS winner that year. It was hybridized by Eugene “Gene” Boerner, who worked for many years at Jackson & Perkins hybridizing roses such as the beloved “John F. Kennedy” Hybrid Tea and many many others. Continue reading →