Photo by Gary Kurtz
Prairie Rose is a deciduous shrub that grows two to four feet tall and wide. It produces fragrant white to pink flowers in small clusters on densely prickly stems. The flowers grow up two inches in diameter . It has attractive, serrated, dark-green foliage that turns fiery orange-red in the fall. The compound leaves grow 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches long and 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. It thrives in prairies, roadsides, and ditches, making it a resilient plant that can tolerate poor soils and drought conditions once established. (LS)