Native Shrub
Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet
Height: up to 6'
Bloom Time: May - June
Bloom Color: pink
Fruit: red hips in late summer/fall
Resistance: Deer
Attracts: Birds, butterflies
Pollinator Benefit: Xerces Society - Special Value to Native Bees; provides nesting materials for native bees
Keystone plant for 120 species!
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Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina) - Rosa carolina, commonly called pasture rose, is a native shrub which occurs in both dryish and wet soils throughout the State. Typically found in glades, open woods, prairies, along roads and railroads, and in wet soils along streams and swamps and low areas. Grows from 1-3' tall (less frequently to 6') and often spreads by suckers to form colonies or thickets in the wild. Features single (5-petaled), pink flowers (to 2.5" across). Smooth, dark green foliage. Red hips in late summer.