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Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Also called pasture rose
Also comes in yellow.
Carolina Rose blooms from June through July.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Carolina Rose
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–9. Expect it to reach about 3.5 ft tall and 6 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Carolina Rose. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Carolina Rose
Plant Carolina Rose in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to July.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Carolina Rose get?
3.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult6 ftwideSee Carolina Rose in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Carolina Rose
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Carolina Rose about 6 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Carolina Rose to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Carolina Rose's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 14 published sources on October 13, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Internet Archive (archived page)Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, Internet Archive capture Novem...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Plant Addictsqueue storeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- University of Illinois ExtensionHortAnswersheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- abnativeplants.comAmerican Beauties Native Plants, brand named in store headingheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and soil
- Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finder, archived profile before February 2022hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Mt. Cuba CenterNative Plant Finderheight, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- RHSPlants databasewater, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and toxicity
- University of Wisconsin HorticultureA3837height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Chicago Botanic GardenRichard Hawke, Plant Evaluation Notes 38 (2015), Green Roof trial 2010...height, spread and bloom months and color
- University of Illinois ExtensionRoses Typesheight, spread and bloom months and color
- The Morton Arboretumand Chicago Region Trees Initiative, Healthy Hedgesheight and spread
- canr.udel.eduUniversity of Delaware Botanic Gardens, 2014 Spring Plant Sale Catalogheight
- Iowa State University ExtensionYard and Gardenheight
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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