Native rose available at Spring Plant Sale

Carolina rose, a.k.a. pasture rose (Rosa carolina) is now in bloom along the fence in front of the Raptor Enclosure near the parking lot at Ijams.

A true native rose, it grows in almost all the states and Canadian provinces east of the Great Plains. And can be found in a wide variety of open habitats, from thickets and open woods to roadsides and along railroads.

There will be Carolina roses available at the Spring Plant Sale, saturday, April 30.


- Text and photo by Stephen Lyn Bales