Rosa carolina
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Carolina Rose
Rosaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Shrub | |
| Size: | 2-4 (6) ft tall by 5-10 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | Pink | |
| Fruit Color: | Red | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous | |
| Noted for: | Showy flowers, Thorns |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Good hedge plant. Rose garden. Rear of a wildflower garden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | Thorny (well, you would expect that for a rose!) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Seed, cuttings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Clay, Loam, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Adaptable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Fruits eaten by birds and small mammals. | |
| Insects: | Attracts a variety of insects, especially important for native bees. | |
| Native Habitats: | Dry deciduous forests. Also cultivated. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| General Comments: | Information on salt tolerance comes from northern nurseries and likely relates to tolerance of salt used for de-icing or roadways. The extent to which it would apply to Florida is unknown. |