Category Archives: Julia Child

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Join in the #WordlessWednesday fun by sharing your blooms and not your words! Rose gardening expert Chris VanCleave shares a few pics from his Alabama rose garden. Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing Pinkie, Julia Child, Knock Out Roses, Scentimental, Uncategorized | Tagged blooms, expert gardening advice, flowers, garden photography, gardening, Julia Child, Photography, Pictures, roses, Wordless Wednesday | 12 Comments

Weeks Roses – A Trusted Friend In The Rose Garden

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Join Chris VanCleave aka “The Redneck Rosarian” as he walks us through just a few of the Week’s varieties that are growing in his Alabama rose garden. Week’s roses is a major producer of award winning roses. Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Cherry Parfait, Dream Come True, Hearkbreaker, Julia Child, Moonstone, Warm & Fuzzy | Tagged #MooPooCrew, American Rose Society, ARS, back yard gardener, beautiful blooms, Easy Care Roses, Floribunda, floribunda roses, gardenchat, gardening, gardening solutions, grandiflora roses, hybrid tea, karen kemp, Miniature Roses, nature, Photography, Rose gardening, rosechat, roses, s & w greenhouse, source for weeks roses, Wasco California, Weeks Roses | 13 Comments

July Garden Walk – Video

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Climbing Pinkie, Garden Tour, Julia Child, Moondance, Mr. Lincoln, Pope John Paul II, R. K. Witherspoon, Veteran's Honor, YouTube | Tagged Climbing Pinkie, climbing roses, Floribunda, Garden Tour, gardening, GardenWalk, hybrid tea, Mr Lincoln, nature, Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Photography, Polyantha, roses, veterans honor, video, water, YouTube | 7 Comments

Grow Floribundas For Maximum Bloom Impact

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

I have always been a fan of floribundas. But it was my wife who suggested we plant as many as we have now. At last count, 20. She loves to see a garden in glorious bloom for three seasons out … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Julia Child, Moondance, Rose Reviews | Tagged beautiful blooms, Floribunda, gardening, glorious bloom, Julia Child, moondance, nature, Photography, pictures of the seasons, plants, roses, Weeks Roses | 13 Comments

May 2012 Garden Walk

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Companion Plants, Dream Come True, Julia Child, Red Cascade, Ronald Reagan, Uncategorized, Veteran's Honor, YouTube | Tagged Alabama, Floribunda, gardening, grandiflora, hybrid tea, nature, Rose Companion Plants, Rose garden, roses, shrub roses, veteran's honor, YouTube | 8 Comments

What’s Blooming This Week In My Alabama Rose Garden

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

We are in the midst of the second flush of bloom on many of our roses. We are also seeing some of the first blooms on our new miniflora and miniature roses. Thrip damage is still bad in this area. … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Dream Come True, Jean Kenneally, Julia Child, Lady Bird, Miniature Roses, Miniflora Roses, Moonstone, Presidential Roses, Tabasco Cat, Uncategorized | Tagged agricultural extension office, Alabama, Birmingham, blooms, Floribunda, flowers, gardening, helena, Helena Alabama, hybrid tea roses, Julia Child, Miniature Roses, Miniflora Roses, nature, Photography, Rose garden, roses, shrubs | 8 Comments

What’s Blooming This Week In My Alabama Garden

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

Even with the frenzy of the Rose Show last week, I still had time to snap a few photos in the garden. The first flush of bloom on our roses is ending and deadheading has already begun. In fact, the … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Benjamin Britten, Companion Plants, Julia Child | Tagged Alabama, annuals, bird girl statue, black eyed susan, Cleome, Companion Plants For Roses, daylily, English Roses, first flush, garden, garden design, gardening, hanging planter, Happy Returns Daylily, Helena Alabama, nature, perennials, petunia, Photography, plants, roses, Senorita Rosalita | 6 Comments

What’s Blooming This Week In My Alabama Garden

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

The temps continue to be in the upper 80’s and the roses and perennials are putting on a big show. As usual, ‘Julia Child’ floribunda is stealing the show with a profusion of beautiful yellow blooms. ‘Barbara Bush’ hybrid tea … Continue reading →

Posted in #MooPooCrew, #roses, Alabama, Barbara Bush, Caldwell Pink, Christine, Companion Plants, Julia Child, Opening Night, Pink Pet, Uncategorized | Tagged Alabama, Barbara Bush, black eyed susan, bloom, blooms, Blown Away, Caldwell Pink, Companion Plants, Companion Plants For Roses, Earth Kind, Earth Kind Roses, Floribunda, gardening, Helena Alabama, hybrid tea, Julia Child, Kelly Gordon, Pink Pet, plants, roses, rudbeckia, Tornado, yellow blooms | 8 Comments

What’s Blooming This Week In My Alabama Garden

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Wow! It was almost 90 degrees here today. Can’t believe that we are having summer temps in April. This extreme heat has pushed the roses to bloom in record time. We are actually seeing peak blooms this week with our Floribunda & … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Dream Come True, Julia Child, Moondance, Moonstone, Swamp Rose, Veteran's Honor | Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, blooms, Dream Come True, Exhibition Roses, extreme heat, Floribunda, flowers, gardening, helena, Helena Alabama, hybrid tea roses, moondance, Moonstone, nature, plants, r. palustris, Rose garden, roses, Shelby County Alabama, show roses, summer temps, Swamp Rose, veterans honor | 7 Comments

My Garden In Bloom!

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

It been a blooming week in the rose garden. Most of our floribundas are now in bloom, as are many of our hybrid teas. This is about two weeks earlier that we like to see them bloom. Most of you … Continue reading →