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Summer Solstice Begins – Celebrate Summer

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Celebrate the Summer Solstice by sharing roses with the world around you. Chris VanCleave aka “The Redneck Rosarian” shares encouragement and roses for the summer ahead. Continue reading →

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‘Scentimental’ | Floribunda | National Rose Month

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Celebrate National Rose Month by sharing your blooms! Tweet them using the #RoseChat hashtag on twitter. Post them to your blog! Share blooms with the world around you… Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, National Rose Month, Scentimental | Tagged Alabama, beauty, community, Floribunda, floribunda roses, helena, National Floral Emblem, National Rose Month, nature, people, Photography, Rose garden, roses, Scentimental, Weeks Roses | 16 Comments

New Roses Arrive For 2013

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Chris VanCleave, aka “The RedneckRosarian” reveals what’s inside a delivered box of roses. 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 →

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New Rose In Our Garden – ‘Signature’ Hybrid Tea

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

We planted “Signature” in the late fall last year and it has been slow to get started with many of its initial blossoms not very attractive. A seeming diamond in the rough, we are now beginning to see her true beauty shine…