The Lady of Shalott English Shrub Rose from David Austin Roses is beautiful and bold. It has rich orange-red buds which open to chalice-shaped blooms, filled with loosely arranged, orange petals. The surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with beautifully contrasting golden-yellow undersides. There is a pleasant, warm tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. It quickly forms a bushy shrub with slightly arching stems and mid-green leaves, which have attractive, slightly bronzed tones when young.

Introduced in 2009, the rose celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of talented poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. His poem, The Lady of Shalott, is set in the magical world of Arthurian Britain.

This rose is suitable for all soil types and thrives in partial or full sunlight. It is ideal for brightening up mixed borders or celebrating in rose hedges and borders. Particularly good for attracting bees, the shrub also does well in pots and containers for a more mobile splash of colour and scent.

After approximately three years of annual pruning, the Lady of Shalott will be about 125cm tall and 125cm wide, with a delicious medium tea scent and large blooms. As a repeat flowerer, this bush will give you fragrant flushes of flowers from late spring to early winter.