Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Pale pink
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1989
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Wife of Bath x Heritage
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Scepter'd Isle'
  • 'AUSland'
  • 'O/18/89'
  • 'TG2049'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Vienna, Austria, in my garden, 
Date: 2023-06-13
Has quite a shady spot, but it is doing very well, strong scent
Photo by Lynnez

Date: 2021-07-31
Location: Wynyard garden, Durham, UK
Date: 2019-07-16
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-10-01

Date: 2020-07-28
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-05-21
First Scepter'd Isle spray, Spring 2021
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21

Date: 2018-07-16

Date: 2019-06-21

Date: 2016-04-17
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-09

Date: 2019-11-04

Date: 2022-05-04
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-08-08

Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Photo courtesy of: Dmitriy Konstantinov
Photo by salenlamne
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2022-05-12
Not the clearest photo..but such an elegant rose! Scepter'd Isle
Photo by Mike

Date: 2016-05-28

Date:  Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses

Date: 2022-05-05
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-06-21
Just heeled into a holding bed in February, didn't get back to it
Photo by kniphofia
Photo by kniphofia
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09

Date: 2015-11-12

Date: 2010-06-27
Photo courtesy of: Magnus Manske
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
credit: Kelvinsong
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske

Date: 2008-07-03
Photo courtesy of: Hamachidori

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