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I really have to agree that most of them won't fit and they will likely all be taller than the palm. I think you're in Galveston? If so, those Austins wil grow much larger than advertised. Very wide and sprawly. Lady Emma stayed smaller for me though, if that helps. Mr Lincoln was skinny but eight feet tall. I do like that bed!
They are still tweaking, thankfully. Maybe we'll get a useful (and useable!) forum out it of yet! lol. It's MUCH better than when they launched it, even though I think the whole thing could have been less painful if they'd asked for suggestions prior to throwing us to the wolves!
John
Beth - what fig_insanity said is true, and so important. If only folks who take the effort to go in and re-do their settings notice unanswered posts, it does not solve the problem. If they changed the fall-back settings for everyone to put unanswered posts at the top, the likelihood of someone not getting an answer would be reduced to zero. This is one of the main reasons this forum exists - to help other gardeners, or especially newbies.
Jackie
..I have had all sorts of problems within the last hour.... at one point, I was typing a reply and it was like invisible ink... nothing was showing up.... but it seems to have rectified itself... other issues too that made me think something not quite right here at the moment....
High country should sell roses for you as well as Rogue Valley. That is if your looking for own root. I could be wrong, considering our zone differences, hopefully someone closer to your zone can chime in as well as what seil told you. Were you looking for grafted or own-root?
I placed my first order from Palantine last fall. I don't have them yet, but many members of my rose society rave about them. They are rooted on multiflora, which is supposed to be good for colder climates. Since the roots go fairly deep, they are also good for drought areas.
You only need to cut the stems way down if you are aiming for more long stems for bouquets. The higher you cut, the more bloom you're likely to get -- but on shorter stems.
When we exhibited roses, we cut long stems. Now that we don't do that -- and since we grow mostly Teas -- I often just snap faded blooms off at the abcission point. 
That is precisely what my grandmother did with her 1950's era Hybrid Teas -- and taught me to do, too.
On this immature plant, I would snap a faded bloom right off where indicated.
Thanks for posting a photo of your Knock-out wall; that's a really nice use of KO.
About 15 years ago, I had a good HT garden in New Haven by rotating Banner-Max and Immunox. Now we reside in a latitude that allows me to grow antique teas and I don't spray a thing. I'm sorry that you're not getting better results with Bayer Advanced. Perhaps there are roses you simply shouldn't grow. Sorry.
The White Flower Farm catalog shows a couple of Easy Elegance roses that you should consider for your second wall. [Yes, I know that WFF prodeucts are over-priced but the catalog is my favorite winter garden porn so I order a few things each year to stay on the mailing list]. Take a look at EE Coral Cove and EE Yellow Submarine. I haven't grown either but EE is a good series of roses and both are the appropriate size for your wall. Good luck -- and please post more photos of your gardens. TIA.
Olympiad is NOT fragrant, but is VERY winter hardy (not that you need hardiness in CA). It's a good bloomer, that can still now and then win Queen of show :)
I know Oklahoma is supposed to be very fragrant but I can hardly smell mine. Fragrance is so very subjective.