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Scentuous Rose in Bloom

5 years ago

Scentuous is such a beauty. I love its gorgeous bloom and strong fragrance. It’s very healthy in my garden. Since it’s a compact rose, I plant it in a pot.

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  • 5 years ago

    What a beautiful rose. Thanks for the pictures.

  • 5 years ago

    Oh, my goodness! Another must have for pink rose lovers. I ordered it last year, but it came so early, it died before my ground thawed, and I had to replace it with a different rose.

    I'm definitely making room for it again. Your photos are gorgeous!

  • 5 years ago

    Beautiful. Since I can't get peonies to grow in my yard, I'll try this next year. Can you take a picture from farther back so I can see the size of the pot?

  • 5 years ago

    Oh wow! That is perfection!


  • 5 years ago

    I love it! So beautiful.

  • 5 years ago
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    Many Lowes in TX carry Scentuous this year

  • 5 years ago

    @tozmo1 will do. I plant mine in 18height and 22in wide pot.

  • 5 years ago

    What a stunning example of Scentuous, htracyn. I want to grow this one--maybe our Lowe's is carrying it. This surprises me, because Scentuous is a Tantau rose first called Gartentraume, and these newer Tantau's are hard to get. Yours is just gorgeous. Diane

  • 5 years ago

    @htracyn79 PNW-8B I bought Scentuous from Lowes recently, but the blooms do not last long at all in the heat. I live in TX (zone 9b) and the the blooms only last a day and they are so droopy in the heat and do not look pretty. I love this rose and I am planning to do a rose hedge with it in the front yard, but I am not so sure now. Is yours also like that? I wonder if they will get better as they mature.

  • 5 years ago

    Thank you for your photos. Gorgeous! I've been surprised at how small the bush is -- so I think growing it in a pot would be a good thing. Mine might be overpowered by its neighbors. Isn't the fragrance just incredible? I love this rose. I can't wait for mine to mature and look more like yours!

  • 5 years ago

    ‘Scentuous’ after 104F, 100F and a week of 99F on the southeast side of the house. This flower was in the second day for this photo and will last one more day before dropping. Not the best photo, it was too hot for me to stand being out there. Please ignore the rabbit wire.


  • 5 years ago

    Amazing. This is the kind of rose I need for our heat, and your bloom is still gorgeous, Nose. Diane

  • 5 years ago

    @noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) That is good to hear! I am hoping mine will get better once they're in the ground and get more established. Thank you!

  • 5 years ago

    Wow!!! And it's fragrant too!!! What a winning rose!!

  • 5 years ago

    I can’t vouch for the growth habits though. Mine seems rather quirky, but so far very compact. Maybe someone who has grown this longer can chime in.

  • 5 years ago

    Update: in the third week of 100 degree temperatures, Scentuous is not so happy. The flowers are much smaller and the latest ones fried upon opening. It's been getting daily watering but maybe it needs more. A bit of a disappointment, but it's done about as well as PAoK and Bishop's Castle.

  • 5 years ago

    I have many roses whose blooms have totally fried. Probably the worst is The Prince with nothing but crunch--he'd make a good cereal--Prince Crunch for breakfast. Ebb Tide is awful, too, and so much worse than Twilight Zone. I don't blame poor Scentuous for frying. This weather is not normal, and it will get worse in the future, I fear. Diane

  • 5 years ago

    I don't blame Scentuous for frying either. My reds are the worst also: Mustead Wood and WS2K don't even bother opening before frying in the bud. You could add those to your Prince Crunch.

  • 5 years ago

    Oh Diane - I laughed with delight at your humor!! Prince Crunch!!! You are so clever!!

    But, yeah, the heat isn't so funny. Global warming is horrible.

  • 5 years ago

    Carol, do you still have that 99F prediction? Our 100s keep extending out, so Mon is 108F, Tues is 109F, and Wed is 110F, and that is far out as the predictions go. Right now Tamora has no blooms, either, and that is highly unusual. This weather is separating the men from the boys. Colette hasn't had any blooms for about a week. Jude's last blooms are going fast. So which roses are still hanging in there? Golden Celebration, Augusta Luise, both Love Songs, Boscobel, and others. Olivia Rose, so highly thought of, is down to three or four blooms. Brother Cadfael and four Evelyns are hanging on to some blooms for dear life. Both Ascots have a lot of good blooms left, as does Rouge Royale, though he's had a lot of crunchies, too. My big grafted Julias have quite a few blooms, but have lost a gazillion to the crunchies, Young Lycidas still has quite a few blooms, too, surprisingly. Angel Face is bereft of blooms, and two of my Bernstein-Rose plants have quite a few blooms. The difference between roses that can take it and and the heat wimps is huge. You should see my small front yard. Totally covered with rose petals, probably the most by far of Julia Child. I continue to deadhead like crazy, and water constantly with the drip system. Diane

  • 5 years ago

    Diane - yes, we do!! I can't believe it!! Thursday is cool with rain....but then it starts to heat up!! It's interesting that LS, Bos, AL and GC are doing so well...they're all such very double roses. Hang in there, dear Diane...you're doing great with keeping up with the heat and maintaining your roses.

  • 3 years ago

    Hello, is anyone still there reading this thread? especially the rose experts who have grown the beautiful scentuous roses? :-) I ordered 3 this year and am wondering if I could plant them 3’ apart - will it be too crowded? Thanks very much in advance for your information!

  • 3 years ago
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    I’m not a rose expert, i do grow this rose since I’m a roseaholic(lol), so i put 3 roses in one large 20-gallon container, Olive Austin, Scentuous, and Peace and Harmony. i got this rose from the Huntington Library.



  • 3 years ago

    @SoCalGardenNut thanks for your information! How big has your Scentuous grown in your 20 gallon pot?

  • 3 years ago
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    I cant find the picture anymore, but at the start it’s the same size as Oiive Austin, but now Olive Austin is a lot bigger. I'm thinking of moving Olive Austin to the ground. Scentuous doesn't repeat as well as Olive Austin.

    edit to add, i found a picture of this container, Olive Austin in the front, Scentuous is in the back to the right, not obvious in this picture.



  • 3 years ago

    I have 4 Scentuous that I planted 2-ft apart in a square formation last year. I wanted that full look without much space in between when they are more mature. This is a picture from last week. No filter is used.



  • 3 years ago

    @Santosob your rose is very beautiful! Could u share a photo of 4 of them 2-ft apart? I can imagine how pretty they are when they all bloom! I am also in 9b Thank you for the info!

  • 3 years ago

    @SoCalGardenNut thanks for sharing the photo! Olivia seems squeezing out others in the pot :-)

  • 3 years ago

    @Michelle Zhou They're not looking very pretty right now since it is getting cold here, so they look sparse :( I do want to say that most of my roses were hit by thrips VERY badly this year, but Scentuous has remained strong and healthy.

  • 3 years ago

    @santosobGot it. Will wait until the spring comes!

  • 3 years ago

    @socalgardennut: How did you get Peace and Harmony from the Huntington? Was it at one of their plant sales? I’ve seen it in their rose garden, and it looks very beautiful. Have you had it long? How has it performed for you compared to Scentuous and Olivia Austin?

  • 3 years ago
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    @Desert Rose (10a Sunset 19), i got it last year from Huntington Library from their plant sales. So far out of those 3 roses Olive Austin is the healthiest.

    Here is a picture of Peace and Harmony(left) next to Scentous(right)



  • 3 years ago

    SoCal, I love your Scentuous, but Peace and Harmony is even more beautiful to my eye. I like the ekstra color and this rose's bloom structure so much. I just checked P&H on HMF, but there are only a couple of photos because it's so new. Your photo would be a great addition to HMF's photos. Is the Huntington the only place selling Peace and Harmony? Diane

  • 3 years ago

    I just did some research on the rose Peace and Harmony. It was named by Toshe Mosure, a member of Huntington's Board of Directors, and a philanthropist born in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadly, she passed away before the rose was formally introduced. I guess I'll have to make a trip to the Huntington to get this rose. I do want it. Diane

  • 3 years ago
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    @Diane Brakefield, i think Huntington maybe the only place that sell this rose.

    Here is a link.

    https://huntington.org/verso/rose-our-times

    I’m going there again this coming year to buy more roses, maybe i will be able to see this rose in person.

    ill try to add to Helpmefind eventually.

  • 3 years ago

    Thanks, SoCal, and that is the source I used for my above information about how Peace and Harmony was named. I'm sure eventually this rose will be sold in more places. Diane

  • 3 years ago

    Oh wow. ’Peace and Harmony’ looks amazing. I hope it becomes widely available.

  • 3 years ago

    Here are a few more photos of Peace & Harmony.

  • 3 years ago

    Excuse my shadow!

  • 3 years ago

    Your roses are gorgeous, SoCalGardenNut! And thank you for the info. :)

  • 3 years ago

    Thank You @Desert Rose (10a Sunset 19), i give them my own worm compost, but those pictures were taken in better time, not in the heat of summer.

  • 2 years ago
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    Those photos are calling me! Can anyone speak to the thorniness of Scentuous?

  • 2 years ago

    I would say Scentuous is less thorny than average for a rose, (but there are definitely thorns still!)



    Scentuous & friends

  • 2 years ago

    When I switched my orders completely from Regan's to Managerie, I lost Scentuous. If somebody saw it somewhere, please let me know. I signed for updates on HD site.

  • 2 years ago

    Maybe check Lowes and HD come body bag season, Elena. Several people got Scentuous there this year. Very odd that all the online sellers are sold out.

  • 2 years ago

    Grace Rose Farm has Scentuous. hahaha. Diane They do. Really.

  • 2 years ago
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    Lol Diane! That is like the rose version of Sophie’s Choice…you really want the rose, but do you want it ’Grace Rose Farm’ bad?


    Edited to Add:: Scentuous is probably one of those non-exclusives grown by Otto & Sons, so probably a nice plant.

  • 2 years ago

    Ben, you meanie. At this point, I'm never ordering from Gracie, as they call her, again. Diane

  • 2 years ago

    I saw a lot of Scentuous in body bags at Menards (a local Home Depot type store). I'm pretty sure if you cruise big box stores in your area you'd have a chance of finding one.

    Cynthia