Of course, if anyone knows of other types, please let me know. I have some pink knockouts in another area, and they are wonderful, but too short and wide for this other location.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Pros:

Very winter hardy.
Very easy care.
Blooms all season. (Seriously, the repeat bloom is great)
Smells nice. (Not heavily fragrant like Austins, though)
Gorgeous bright pink color, that fades to a soft pink.
Vigorous growth.
Supposedly they reach up to 3ft but as mine were newly planted bands last year, they did not reach that height.

I went and checked all my roses yesterday and they have had no winter kill whatsoever, they were tip hardy for me.

All in all, I could not be happier with my hedge. I specifically wanted a very easy-care rose, not a fusspot. I do grow some fusspots in my backyard and I love them, but I just wanted an easy care hedge. The hedge is in blazing sun all day long, not a spot of shade and is right next to my asphalt driveway. The only care it got all summer was deep mulching and regular water from my front lawn sprinkler.

I suggest you also look at Carefree Beauty, that is a great rose too.

Regarding Austins: Here in my climate, I find the Austins grow way too tall. I grow Abe Darby, Heritage, Jude the Obscure and William Shakespeare 2000 and all of them throw out monster canes. I can't imagine getting them to behave properly in a hedge. Also, I do not find them to be as floriferous as ES. On the plus side, they do smell spectacular so...

Here's a pic of my newly planted (Spring 2011) hedge of ES, they were miniscule own root bands. The little seedlings coming up are French marigolds.

Bill, I have the perfect Austin hedge for you--except it is not yellow. Queen of Sweden fits all your requirements--about 4 ft tall, 3 ft wide at the most (might be less). It is a very vertical growing rose--which makes it especially good for hedging. It is disease-resistant and has the loveliest delicate pastel pink with just a hint of apricot.

If you want a slightly shorter one, I can give you the perfect yellow one: Austin's Molineux. It grows maybe 3 ft tall and is more vertical than wide--maybe 2.5 ft wide. (I always think that vertical look works best with hedges. ) Its disease-resistance is not as good as Queenof Sweden's, but it is still fairly good on that score. The color can vary from a yellow/whitish blend to a golden yellow/apricot blend--and just about any shade in between, depending on the weather. In some ways, I'm even more fond of Molineux than Queen of Sweden, but I like her height better and am, in fact, making a short hedge of her this spring.

They are both good Austin shrubs--I love both of mine.

Kate

Bishop's Castle is another that doesn't grow too large.