Prairie Rose
Rosa arkansananative · Central Texas
Prairie Rose is a shrub native to Central Texas that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink in May–Sep. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (5–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- May–Sep · pink
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, gravelly, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Cross TimberHigh Plain
1 occurrence record 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.