English Rose, Austin Rose 'Scepter'd Isle'

Rosa

Family
Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Genus
Rosa (RO-zuh)
Synonym
Spacing
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
36-48 in. (90-120 cm)
4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)
Hardiness
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Bloom Time
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Bloom Color
Blooms repeatedly
Sun Exposure
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Bloom Time
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Shrub
Bloom Color
Patented
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Patent Information
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Water Requirements
Where to Grow
Seed Collecting
Fruit Shape
5.1 to 5.5 (strongly acidic)
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
Fruit Size
Fruit Colors
Growing Habit
Days to Maturity
Seed Type
Disease Resistance
Leaf Type
Foliage Color
Bloom Characteristics
Water Requirements
Where to Grow
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Soil pH requirements
Very Fragrant
Patent Information
Plant Size (check one)
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Growth Rate
Leaf Shape
Leaf Appearance
Degree to which the appearance is present
Leaf Texture (top)
Leaf Texture (bottom)
Leaf Color
Color of Leaf Margin
Leaf Substance
Number of Vein Pairs
Appearance of Margin
Medium pink (mp)
Margin Width
Double
Cupped
Flower Shape
Flower Fragrance
Blooms on new wood; prune early to promote new growth
Does it set seed?
Flower Size
Flower Type
Blooming Habit
Foliage Habit
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Awards (if applicable)
English Rose (aka Austin Rose)
Shrub
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Heat (Pungency)
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Leaf Color
Propagation
Pollination
Bearing Habit
Rootstock Vigor
Disease Resistance
Fruit Usage
Classification
Regional

This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions:

Santa Clara, California

Dallas, Georgia

Lombard, Illinois

Camden, Maine

Sparks, Nevada

Hudson, New York

Checotah, Oklahoma

Portland, Oregon

North Augusta, South Carolina

Tyler, Texas

Suffolk, Virginia

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Gardener's Notes:

7
positives
1
neutral
1
negative
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Checotah, OK | October 2021 | positive

One of my favorite roses. Love the continuous fragrant blooms and disease resistant and drought tolerant. Propagates easily and comes int...Read More

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Portland, OR (Zone 8b) | July 2016 | negative

This rose actually smells bad to me... I probably have different scent receptors but to me it smells like burning rubber.
Other fl...Read More

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Santa Clara, CA | May 2014 | positive

Beautiful rose with a wonderful myrrh smell. Lovely cupped blooms in the most delicate of pink shades. I bought mine from Regan Nursery. ...Read More

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Meridian, TX | May 2011 | positive

I toured the Tyler (Texas) Rose Garden and this was the most beautiful of many, many beautiful roses. I have to buy this for my garden.

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Camden, ME | July 2010 | positive

Like out of a 17th century painting! My wife and I love this rose. It is perfectly cupped, fragrant, and a lovely shade of pink. What's m...Read More

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Hudson, NY | November 2009 | positive

My first David Austin Rose. No disease, astonishingly pretty and wonderfully fragrant. Substantial growth and flowering the first season...Read More

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Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) | November 2008 | neutral

According to David Austin's 2009 Handbook of Roses, the name of this rose comes from Shakespeare's play 'Richard II'.

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Salem, OR (Zone 7b) | August 2004 | positive

Beautifully delicate and ever blooming. Wish I had a couple more.

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Suffolk, VA | April 2003 | positive

In my opinion, a perfect bloom. It is soft pink with an open cup which shows bright yellow stamens. Picture perfect and disease resistant.

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