David Austin ‘Scepter’d Isle’ Light Pink English Rose 6Ltr Pot

David Austin ‘Scepter’d Isle’ features numerous cupped flowers, each with yellow stamens. The flowers are a lovely light pink, becoming paler on the outer petals, and emit a powerful myrrh fragrance. This rose forms an elegant, upright shrub, with its blooms gracefully held above the foliage. The name is taken from John of Gaunt’s speech in Shakespeare’s Richard II, expressing his love for England.

For almost 60 years, David Austin Roses have been grown on their family farm in Shropshire. Much of the process is still carried out by hand, with every David Austin rose having been hand-budded, a traditional and intricate skill, and grown in dedicated rose fields in England, keeping English roses truly English.
All David Austin roses have a collective style with beautiful blooms and, in most cases, wonderful fragrance held on graceful, attractive shrubs. A garden of these outstanding roses is hard to beat for sheer exub