I'm sure some people on this forum can answer your questions (sorry, I can't), but let me suggest that you will get quicker and more answers if you ask these questions over on the Antique Rose Forum. : )

Kate

Mme Bravy is a small tea but probably available only as a band. Lady Hillingdon is smallish for me also. Hmm, what else...Catharine Mermet is not a huge tea, gets tallish but not that wide. My Souvenir de Pierre Notting is not huge, again, tall but fairly slender.

I think quite a number of teas can be kept between 6 and 7 feet once they're mature even if they have the capability to grow much larger. I cut mine back when they encroach too much on each other and it doesn't seem to hurt them a bit. You just have to be sure that they're 4-5 years old before you trim them. When they're young they need all the branches and leaves they can get. Later on they can withstand being cut back, which isn't really pruning, just a shortening of their width.

Thanks for the answers so far. I thought I had posted it in the Antique Rose Forum, Kate, but I obviously didn't! I'll copy it over soon.

Jay