Here is a picture of mine from this year. It is one of my favorite roses. It's lovely variation of color here in my garden is never washed out or too harsh. It has a pretty fragrance and is always a happy stunner when she decides to put on a show. This is in my top 5 for reliably pretty.

Mine has always been on the paler peachy side of orange

Vapor. go for it

Here is a picture of their first year plant.

As usual, click to enlarge and see detail.

Nice fence.

You asked about luck, which got me wondering - is luck a religious concept, or something else? So I checked Wikipedia, which forced me to read about naturalism, and now my head is spinning, and eyes glazed.

Can someone please help?

Luck is real. It comes under different names or as concepts many would not identify as luck.

But you can definitely think of it as Divine Grace. :)

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Lady. I don't get fungal diseases (generally) but she does get them for me. Mine is own root from DA in Texas. I have had her several years now and she does want to be a climber. I am hoping to put her on a tuteur but have not found the "right" one yet.

She gets very orange in direct sun (which she is in). As her blooms fade, that is when you tend to see the peachy colors here.

I got her as I am a huge fan of Anne of Green Gables (she repeats this poem dramatically in the book). My neighbors love her. Me, not so much. She blends in well with my striped flowering pomegranate tree next to her. She may eventually be replaced by Agusta Louise. Oh, BTW, when she is giving off her scent, it is a wonderful spicy one. Smells like cinnamon spiced apples.

New bloom on the Lady

Old bloom on the Lady

My Lady of Shallott is in a lot of midday shade, but she has the usual orangey coloring. She doesn't bloom as much as I think she can so I am seriously considering moving her but really don't want her any darker orange.

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley I read it here somewhere that new roses tend to not be affected by BS, and BS really hits on year 3... maybe it is indeed beginners luck to not have to spray first year! 🤣 mine for once are all first year and I have one iceberg on 2nd year that is the only one showing black spot.

I read it was the other way around. Younger, less mature roses more prone to BS, less so as they mature (Shrug??).

That's hilarious you guys! I'm going to interpret it that their Roses' health is the result of beginner's luck and my roses' black spot is the result of them being less mature!

Ikaye, I did call David Austin about this Rose and they told me it is considered apricot not Orange and a similar color to my picture. However, in some climates and temperatures it will be more orange. I'm hoping it's more apricot here. Theirs is in full all day sun. It is only available bare-root own root. I did not know they were selling bare-root own root roses and somehow assumed when they said bare-root it meant grafted but apparently that is not the case. This subject came up when I ask them about RMV on their dr. Huey rootstock. She never answered my question but said it would not affect this Rose as it was own root.

@Artist-FKA-Novice Zone 7B GA lol that’s funny. in my experience (which is not much since I have just started growing them) is that they get Black spot when they are distressed. I have 10 roses (kordes & austins) zone 7, which its prone to Bs. none of my 10 roses have had it yet, they get full sun until 2pm and then shade. I water 2x a week since it’s their first year. The only 2 I noticed BS was iceberg & Mary rose. Iceberg is on a horrible spot that gets all the harsh afternoon sun, I have to water her often or she starts showing signs (yellow leaves, spots). Mary Rose is on a pot, and showed some leaves w BS when was very hot. I removed the leaves + some more in the middle of the plant for air circulation & I water every morning. i haven’t seen any BS since. So I hope you are right & I don’t get hit with BS next year!

Mary Rose super healthy now!

My Lady of Shallot is almost always some blend of peach, pink and yellow. It’s own root in slightly alkaline soil...barely over ph 7. I knew it would want to be tall in our climate so I started pruning it to about 4 foot high (ie. Clipping back any octopus canes). It seems to have settled into being a thick hedge. When temps reach 100 the petal crisp but hold well in the low 90s. We have dry heat. Mine gets about 6 hours sun. Zero fungal issues; rust and mildew are the big problems here. We never get blackspot. I don’t bother removing leaves in the winter, which you have to do here on the roses if you need to have a period of no leaves for horticulture oil spray and other cleanup desires. And still no fungal issues on last year’s leaves either. The canes are very thin and flexible so would be easy to train for climbing. I wanted a freestanding tall rose with leaves to the ground and it seems to be complying. I searched my photos and found the one that was most orange (black background) plus a few others with her more typical colors in my yard. The pink is Paul Neyron, which is a terrible ruster here.

I only see pink in Lady of Shalott when temps, rarely, reach mid 90'sF.. otherwise it's always orange or buff coloured... it can be grown as a climber and can get quite large, I've seen it about 12 feet.. I kept mine to about 8 feet.. it blooms constantly and into winter even on freezing days then.. tea scented and quite healthy overall... some sharp thorns though..

I'm just showing for comparable purposes.. I've no idea how it does anywhere else..

..quite large blooms..

Marlorena, wow yours is such a dark yellow orange! I have never seen mine look quite that color. The last picture above is what I usually see. I will have to see how she flowers this winter when we have cooler weather, assuming she will give some blooms during the winter now that she is almost 2yrs old. I don’t remember any flowers last winter. Also I have never noticed a tea scent, at least I have Monsieur Tillier and Reve d’Or, which I consider tea scented. She has very strong myrrh notes to my nose, more similar to the Carding Mill specimen they have at Huntington Gardens. LoS seems to be quite a variable rose in different conditions.

This is great feedback and pictures. Yes, I had mainly noticed the more orange pictures so was pleased to see the apricot on my neighbor's as that colour would look nice with the other rose's already planted. Dianela, I'm surprised I haven't noticed your specimen as I always look to see what does well for you in terms of disease reistance. Geez, we had 2" of rain on Wed. My hat's off to any rose that can put up with that. It's great for my cuttings, however..

Vapor I think LOS is a pretty good rose. I am so glad you have been getting some rain. We have been very humid but zero rain for a while, I am struggling to keep my roses watered. I think I killed some encore azaleas newly planted this year. The roses seem tougher.

My LOS is apricot too. Does defoliate some, but way better than most roses. Mine shows no climbing tendencies, it's own root from ARE and stays about 4'. 4th year here in my garden.