Tag Archives: Spring 2012

Wordless Wednesday – “Birmingham Botanical Gardens”

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Best Of Birmingham, Birmingham, Garden Tour, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, botanical gardens, Coral Meiliand, damask, Damask Rose, Dunn Formal Rose Garden, Fourth of, fourth of july, Garden Stroll, Hybrid Perpetual, lady banks, Lady Banks Rose, Marquis Boccella, nature, plants, Rose de Rescht, roses, spring, Spring 2012 | 5 Comments

Blooming Monday – Springtime in Alabama

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

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’ … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Cinco de Mayo, Climbing Pinkie, Companion Plants, Knock Out Roses, Mary Rose, Old Blush, Social Climber | Tagged Alabama, blooms, David Austin Rose, English Roses, garden, Garden Stone, knock out roses, Mary Rose, nature, Old Blush, Old Garden Roses, plants, roses, Shelby County Alabama, Spring 2012, sunny knockout, VanCleave Rose | 7 Comments

Wordless Wednesday – Fabulous ‘Mutabilis’ – China Rose

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Note: This blooms of this wonderful rose change color as they age. Each bloom shown here was taken from the same bush on the same day. The color variations are marvelous.

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Mutabilis, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged blooms, China Rose, color variation, Mutabilis, plant, roses, shrub, spring, Spring 2012, Wordless Wednesday | 11 Comments

Blooming Monday – Spring In Alabama

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

Spring has arrived in a big way. It seems that many things have bloomed out all at once. As previously posted, my first rose to bloom this year was ‘Mary Rose’, since then a few others are also beginning to share some … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Companion Plants, Mary Rose, Old Blush, Stories | Tagged Alabama, Butterfly Rose, Cherry Blossom, China Rose, David Austin Rose, full bloom, garden, Helena Alabama, Iris, Jesse's Song Iris, Mary Rose, Mutabilis, nature, Old Blush, plants, Rose Companion Plants, Rose gardening, roses, Shelby County Alabama, Spring 2012 | 7 Comments

Saving ‘Lady Banks’

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

Several years ago our neighbors put their home on the market as they had decided to build a new one. Fred & Jane were the best of folks and always kept their garden in pristine condition. She was always willing … Continue reading →

Posted in #roses, Alabama, Lady Banks, Rose Report, Stories | Tagged Lady Banks Rose, nature, plants, R. banksiae lutea, Rose Rescue, Species Rose, Spring 2012, yellow blossoms | 14 Comments

First Bloom 2012 – ‘Mary Rose’

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

As I was on my way out the door this morning, I was overjoyed to find the first bloom of the year in my rose garden. ‘Mary Rose’ a David Austin introduction is often said to be the first rose … Continue reading →