Birdsong Nature Center
Plant Sale

This is an old China rose the specific origins of which are not known. The flowers are single and open to reveal five gold-colored petals. The flowers gradually turn to a rosy pink and then finally to crimson. Often, a single bush will have flowers of all three colors open at the same time. Because its flowers tend to flutter in the breeze, Mutabilis is often called “The butterfly rose”. Planted in full sun and fertilized occasionally, it becomes a thick, twiggy bush 5 to 7 feet tall. Only minor pruning to shape the busy is required.