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
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Where to Grow
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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