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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Carolina Rose

Rosa carolina
native · Hill Country

Carolina Rose is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–6 ft tall and 4 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink in early summer. Good for birds.

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The facts

5 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
1–6 ft
Spread
4 ft
Bloom
Early Summer · pink
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Recorded on dry, moist, rocky, sand, well drained
Wildlife
Supports birds

Where it grows

Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones Canyonlands

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.