Rosaceae
Rosa carolina subsp. carolina
Rosa carolina subsp. carolina
Also known as Rosa carolina f. alba, Rosa carolina var. hemispaerica, Rosa serrulata, Rosa carolina var. triloba
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Carolina Rose · Native Rose · Rosaceae · Rose Hips · Native Shrub · Wildlife Plant · Pollinator · Ground Cover · Eastern Us Native · Deciduous Shrub
Carolina rose is a tough, low-growing native shrub that produces fragrant single pink flowers in early summer and small red rose hips in fall that attract birds throughout winter. It thrives in average to dry soils in full sun to partial shade and is highly adaptable to challenging sites including slopes and disturbed areas. It spreads by suckers to form a dense thicket, making it an excellent low-maintenance ground cover or wildlife hedge.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply at the base until soil is moist; allow the top 2 inches to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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