Rosa Scepter’d Isle (English Rose)

Bred by David Austin, Rosa Scepter’d Isle is particularly beautiful, with its small clusters of soft pink chalice-shaped blooms that open to reveal golden stamens. Elegantly held above a dark green, semi-glossy foliage, its medium-sized blooms (3.5 in; 9 cm) are delicately framed with paler outer petals. Its powerful and outstanding myrrh fragrance has earned it the Royal National Rose Society Award.

• Featuring a bushy, upright habit, this ravishing shrub is an excellent repeat bloomer whose striking beauty allows it to be treated as a specimen plant in the landscape.
• It is also a superb addition to beds or borders and makes a lovely hedge. Spectacular when combined with the cool blue colors of salvia, nepeta, or lavender. Plant it where you will be able to enjoy its perfume daily: near a doorway, along a path, near your patio or deck. Excellent cut flowers.
• Blooming from late spring until frost, it flowers freely and continuously, providing a charming display.
• Grows up to 4 feet tall (120 cm) and spreads 3 feet (90 cm)
• Best grown in full sun, in rich, fertile with adequate moisture, well-drained soils.
• Excellent disease resistance.
• Summer pruning will help to maintain the height and encourage quicker repeat flowering.
• Rose ‘Scepter’d Isle’ was named after William Shakespeare’s romantic, idyllic description of England in Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle… This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea…
• David Austin’s English Roses combine the flower forms and perfume of Old Roses with the color range and repeat-flowering habits of modern roses. As a Rose breeder, David Austin’s achievement is in marrying the romantic “English Rose” look with reliable garden performance, vigorous growth, full bushes, disease resistance, and prolific season-long bloom. Over 200 English Roses have been released since 1961, many of them receiving the highest rewards.