Rosa carolina (Pasture Rose)

A small rose which forms a very loose thicket allowing numerous prairie plants to grow. Produces crimson hips.

Associates: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Coreopsis palmata (Prairie Coreopsis), Koeleria cristata (June Grass), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine), Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass), Phlox pilosa (Prairie Phlox), Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower), Silphium integrifolium (Rosin Weed), Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock), Sisyrinchium albidum (Common Blue Eyed Grass), Smilacina stellata (Starry Solomon’s Seal), Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod), Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod), Tradescantia ohiensis (Spiderwort)

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Attracts

Birds, Butterflies

Bloom Period

June, June sporadically thru September

Colors

Pink, Red

Fall Colors

Red

Plant Height

2 feet

Shrub Size

2' x 4'

Spread

4 feet

Sun

Full

Water

Dry, Medium, Wet