Rosa carolina Size:3x8" tree pot

Rosa carolina Size:3x8" tree potCarolina Rose (Rosa carolina)Rose Family This short, wild rose has 2, bright pink flowers that are followed by large red hips. Flowers produce pollen only, and are a favorite of long tongue bees. Rose hips provide food for small mammals and birds, and can also be used to make tea or jelly. Flowers best in full sun with moist, but well drained soils. It is quite drought tolerant once established. It can spread by suckers making it a good candidate for

Height: 4-15'

popular fruit for peopleDeer Resistance: LowZone: 3-8Native Status: NC native

most notably the mitten shape

This biennial gentian is best suited to full sun and moist soils

After flowering

March-April

dry soils in full sun–do not fertilize or plant with rich soil

plant it in a location with at least 6 hours of direct sun

*Growing in pots is best--75% sphagnum peat moss

Space: 12-15'

Blooms:  Yellow/green

clamshell-like leaves with spiny margins and sensitive trigger hairs that snap shut when touched