Isnt She Lovely Rose Bushes

• Variety: Isn't She Lovely — creamy gold buds opening to fragrant, blush-centred blooms
• Type: Hybrid Tea
• Colour: Creamy white, blushed pink and gold at the centre
• Fragrance: Moderate
• Height: 75cm
• Spread: To around 65cm
• Flowering: Repeat-flowering, summer into autumn
• RHS AGM: Yes — awarded 2012
• Pruning: Cut back hard to 30 to 40cm in late February, just above an outward-facing bud
• Good for: Borders, cutting, a large container
• Container suitable: Qualified — needs a minimum 50cm pot
• Similar varieties: Rachel, for a similar warm-toned Hybrid Tea with a stronger fragrance
• Sold as: Potted (3 litre) or bareroot, grown for us by specialist rose growers
• Plant: Bareroot November to March while dormant; potted plants any time of year
• Delivered: Bareroot November to March. Collection from Castle Cary also available

Isn't She Lovely is a healthy, reliable Hybrid Tea holding the RHS Award of Garden Merit, with creamy gold buds that open to large, high-centred blooms blushed with pink and gold at the centre.

Isn't She Lovely, an Award-Winning Hybrid Tea

Bred by Colin Dickson and introduced in 2008, Isn't She Lovely won a Gold Standard Award that year before going on to hold the RHS Award of Garden Merit from 2012. It's a bushy, upright plant with healthy, glossy dark green foliage and good disease resistance, flowering repeatedly through summer and into autumn on a compact, well-behaved plant.

Planting Companions

Its soft, warm colouring suits a classic rose border of pale and apricot tones — pair it with Hidcote lavender for scent, or with Rachel for a deeper apricot echo nearby. See our full Hybrid Tea range or browse scented roses.

Why Buy Isn't She Lovely from Ashridge?

Every Ashridge rose is grown for us by specialist rose growers and dispatched bareroot in season, or potted for planting at any time of year. We've supplied UK gardens since 1949, hold Which? Gardening's Best Plant Supplier award and a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award, and grow peat-free with no neonicotinoids. All our roses are guaranteed.

When is the best time to prune a Hybrid Tea rose?

Late February to early March — cut stems back to 30 to 40cm, just above an outward-facing bud. Our pruning guide covers it step by step.

How fragrant is Isn't She Lovely?

Moderately scented — a good garden fragrance without being one of the strongest roses we sell.

Can I grow Isn't She Lovely in a pot?

Yes, with a large container — a minimum 50cm pot with loam-based compost. It's a tidy, upright Hybrid Tea that can work in a big enough pot, though it will do best given a proper border position.

Does Isn't She Lovely hold an RHS award?

Yes — it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit, awarded in 2012, alongside a Gold Standard Award from its UK introduction in 2008.

How disease-resistant is it?

Well regarded for its health — glossy, healthy foliage and good resistance compared with many older Hybrid Tea varieties, which is part of why it holds the RHS AGM.