Define "cant be too big". You are in South Carolina so you can grow some amazing old roses but some get pretty big.

Well, I can't imagine anything too big for the wide open space I plan to plant these roses in--20 to 30 feet maybe? I want a dividing line on my 2 1/2 acres.

'Bon Silène'? BIG Tea. Ditto 'Mrs. B.R. Cant', 'Archduc Joseph'. 'Maman Cochet' and sports (more Teas)? The China 'Single Pink', which I don't know personally. I don't know whether there are suitable candidates among the Hybrid Musks, some of the David Austin roses; others?

Melissa

Le Vesuve, Duchesse de Brabant, Monsieur Tiller...

Hmm...How do you think Mrs. BR Cant an Duchesse de Brabant would look together? Harmonious colors? How big will they get in SC?

Also, I am considering one of the New Dawn sports or descendants--Blossomtime, Morning Dawn, Pink Cloud, and Rosy Mantle. Can anyone comment on these? Pros/Cons of New Dawn family vs. Teas?

Do hybrid rugosas do well in your area? Sarah Van Fleet was a giant for me. I saw her used as a high hedge around a building at the Montreal Botanical Garden some years ago, and the top of the bushes were way taller than my 5'8" DH.

How about Parade for a big pink climber?

Here is a link that might be useful: photos of Parade on HMF

Madame Lombard and of course a bevy of noisettes for the Carolina gardens.

You need to hear from gardeners in your zone. I suggested the Teas because they're definitely shrubs, not climbers, are very large, everblooming, and (the ones I suggested are) pink, and are likely suitable to your zone. Could be New Dawn's bevy of beauties would work--I don't know much about them, though I have 'Aloha' and my little experience with it is good. Tea-New Dawn family pros and cons: Teas are rugged; ND family I don't know, though New Dawn herself is a survivor. The Noisettes, Patricia's suggestion, offer a lot of pale yellows, whites, and peachy shades, not as many pinks as far as I can remember, and many are climbers, but 'Blush Noisette' is shrubby, pink, fragrant, large, and tough; perhaps Patricia had some other varieties in mind.

Melissa

I would stick with the pink teas, or perhaps one of the Buck's such as Carefree Wonder. They will be the healthiest without a spray program. When I lived in Columbia,SC both of these got pretty big- at least 8X8'.

Are any of the New Dawn clan continuous bloomers? Aloha, Awakening, and New Dawn itself fall well short of that status in my garden. You'd also have to put some though into how to support them - or whether to support them.

Three to five large, judiciously chosen teas evenly spaced along your dividing line would grow together into a fairly low maintenance, generously blooming hedge in a few years. A photo in the thread below will give you some idea of what is possible with them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Please let me know about these ladies

Duchesse de Brabant is compact for me in upstate SC. It is one of my most favorite roses but I think it would be eaten by any roses with heft in their genes. Plant this one closer to the house so you can enjoy it.

I have recently started a thread on Mrs BR Cant for my mothers garden as I am trying to do the same thing you are.

I have climbing Pinkie growing as a bush and I love the weeping nature of this rose. It certainly would look great mixed in with other roses because the folliage is small and the branches weep.

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Climbing Pinkie (fence)...........Knock Out
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Look into the Noisettes as they are from the Charleston area and do well here.
Also, Mutabilis is an easy free flowering rose that gets big and beautiful.
This rose has soft leaves and petals that blow in the wind.

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I recently planted Clementina Carbonieri and cannot wait for it to bloom. This is supposed to be a big beautiful one.

Ask Jeri to post the pic of Niles Cochet. That one will take your breath away!!

HTH

Ronda

Carefree Beauty is a big rose that blooms almost constantly from spring until frost.

I second the Duchess de Brabant suggestion. She is a mannerly and graceful shrub.

A long hedge of Old Blush would be easy care and very striking.

Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Soul

Thank you everyone for such thoughtful responses! I'm looking into all of them. Love that cl. Pinkie--like the natural, graceful form and I am definitely a double petal kind of person. I think what I want is an everblooming Rambler. I know there ain't no such thing--but how close can I get? How big does that cl. Pinkie get?

Br Cant since you want big. I looked at her and DdB and fell in love with the flowers for BR Cant. duchesse isn't as big.

Mine is 3 years old in the pic I posted. Thats a pretty good size for 3 yrs. I never cut or prune this rose...it just does its thing. Here is a close up of the bloom power (Sorry so contrast-y).

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White Maman Cochet:

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Niles Cochet

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But I would keep in mind that while Tea Roses can become this big, they won't do it FAST. It's going to take time for them to build up that structure. And of course you're not gonna be doing a lot of pruning.

Jeri

My B.R. Cant is larger than the Duchess in my garden.