What is the Lady of Shalott rose David Austen?
The Lady of Shalott® rose, introduced by David Austin in 2009, is a captivating English shrub rose named after Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem. This rose showcases rich orange-red buds that open into chalice-shaped blooms filled with loosely arranged petals of salmon-pink, complemented by a golden-yellow reverse. Prized by rose lovers all over the world, and considered to be one of the best David Austin Roses for her remarkable flower performance and disease resistance, Lady of Shalott is a truly remarkable climbing English Rose with unbelievably gorgeous, luminescent flowers in an array of vibrant colors.Roses are healthier when we provide them with companion plants which help repel destructive bugs and pests while encouraging beneficial insects. Here, the lovely English rose ‘Lady of Shalott’ is interplanted with Nepeta (catmint) and Achillea (Yarrow).Rosa ‘Lady of Shallott’ is a robust, bushy shrub rose with mid-green leaves, which shows excellent resistance to a variety of rose diseases. A versatile shrub rose with arching stems, it may be grown as a shrub or trained as a short climber.Rosa ‘Lady of Shalott’ (aka AUSnyson) is an apricot-orange shrub rose cultivar, bred by British rose breeder, David C. H. Austin and introduced into the UK by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2009. Lady of Shalott’ is part of the David Austin English Rose Collection.
What is the famous line of The Lady of Shalott?
I am half-sick of shadows,’ said The Lady of Shalott. It tells the tragic story of a mysterious woman confined to a tower on the island of Shalott, cursed to weave images she sees only through a mirror, forbidden to look directly upon the world. The Lady lives in seclusion, weaving a magic web of the world she observes indirectly.The Lady symbolizes the isolated artist, confined to her tower and viewing the world only through a mirror, which represents the limitations of art and the barriers between the artist and reality.The Lady of Shalott’s curse symbolizes the reality of her place in medieval society; once her gaze is won by a dashing man her fate is outside of her own hands.