I grew (past tense) the shrub, Well Being and the fact that it has gone from the garden is because it was stingy with the flowers. It was a no disease rose in my rainy PNW garden , grew upright, nice and tall , was sort of fragrant and the flowers were very attractive. BUT I need flowers and I think I got about 10 in the summer. It might have been the cultivar I got and in a different garden do much better. Harkness roses, I find, are complainers. If they don't get ideal conditions or if you say damn, they sulk. I think Well Being is a better rose than Lady of Shallot. But that is because I like the fuller flower form, plus the shading. Well Being also grows into a more attractive plant.

Mine was planted as a band last year from Long Ago Roses. Linda from Long Ago recommended it to me for fragrance, beauty of bloom and bush form. She said it had better than average resistance to blackspot for her, but was not immune to it. Mine didn't bloom much last year, but I attributed that to it being a small band. The few flowers it produced were beautiful and smelled wonderful. This spring it is still small...maybe 1 1/2 ft tall by 1 ft wide...but has quite a few buds on it. Lady of Shallot is new to me this year, so I can't compare. I know Kate in Kansas (posts as Dublinbay) has grown both for several years. Hopefully, she'll see your post and have some more input.

Yes, I have grown both. I love both of them. Well Being has a lovely bloom--more golden yellow with apricot highlights than Lady of Shalott, and the Well Being bloom has more substance than Shalott's does. It is not, however, the most floriferous bush in the world--but mine is not planted in an ideal spot--a bit shady and dry--so I always figured that was the problem. Whenever I remembered to run over with the hose and give it a good drink (I confess, I often forgot to), it seemed to want to start blooming again. At any rate, I have no intentions of getting rid of it--and once again vow to remember to water it more regularly.

Needs an occasional spray for BS, but not a big problem.

Here are some more pics:

Well Being--perhaps a bit too yellow in this pic

I love the contrasting reddish buds on Well Being. You can see how the red faintly outlines the rose petals on the opened bloom.

The contrasts are really cool sometimes.

I have mixed feelings about Lady of Shalott--being a literary person, I wanted to like the Lady, and I must say I like her bright modern colors--they are sometimes sensational, but the blooms don't last too long, and she doesn't rebloom very fast . But again, she isn't planted in the best spot (I've long ago run out of good spots for roses!). Perhaps my biggest disappointment is that she gets spotty and kinda messy looking around the knees from BS--not highly resistant as hyped, though maybe she would do better in more sunshine. On the other hand, I have no plans to get rid of her. She's taller than Well Being and has slender canes arching gracefully outward.

Here's some blooms of the Lady--much more apricot with some gold highlights, although this pic shows more of the golden yellow. You can see--a more lax bloom than Well Being has:

But look how apricot (with yellow at the base) the Lady can be. More shapely bloom here.

Lovely two-toned buds on the Lady.

Much more casual, informal approach to canes and blooms than Well Being.

Can get quite apricot orange at times.

Oh those danged David Austin blooms--soooooooo photogenic. I'm in love with her all over again and just sure that she will do better this year!

Two similar but very different roses. You obviously need to get both! : )

Kate

Dublinbay,

How large is your Well being ?

Haven't really ever measured it--seem to remember it is about 3 to 3.5 ft tall and wide.

But remember that mine is planted in a somewhat shady and dry area. Situated better, it might grow taller--but I wouldn't think much taller than 4 ft.

Kate