The first thing I see is that your planting layout is too formal for the asymmetric architectural style visible immediately behind it. Other than that how are you planning to acquire the roses? Because if you are thinking you will buy them locally, in person the actual starting point for selection will be which varieties you can find. And what those are like, relative to what you want. With the bare root Austin supply in particular having been adversely impacted by the pandemic induced labor shortage this year.

Quite recently a couple Austin displays have popped up at an upscale independent garden center I visit. These consist of a particular assortment of rather small and irregular looking flowering specimens in those tall rectilinear green pots that the use of seems to also involve a coarse potting medium that is a bear to keep watered. So that the second time I visited after these appeared there I did in fact see indications that some of the stock was getting away from the staff and starting to shrivel before being rescued with watering.

However the most memorable thing I observed was that these again rather underdeveloped and unevenly proportioned specimens were all priced at 67 dollars each.

Oh, well. That's dejecting. Thanks for the heads-up.

Hi there? I think many Austin’s can do ok with just afternoon sun, tho it is not ideal. I do not garden in your area but I am fairly certain you have blackspot pressure in your zone and roses that stay wet until the afternoon will have more disease. All 3 roses you are considering get really bad blackspot and defoliate without spray. If you are going to spray I can tell you that Mary rose blooms nonstop and has a great honey sweet fragrance. Princess Alexandra has giant beautiful blooms and great fragrance also, but I can’t say how much it blooms because mine keep getting eaten by the deer. Gertrude is supposed to be super fragrant but I have seen endless posts of it not blooming well and wanting to be a climber.

Out of the Austin’s I grow (you seem to want pink ) Olivia Austin has the best disease resistance. It will still get some blackspot in only afternoon sun but should do better than most.

Princess Anne also gets blackspot but it recovers quickly and blooms a lot.

The ancient mariner has very good disease resistance also. And the two brand new roses this year should also hopefully have better disease resistance.

Non David Austin’s pinks with excellent disease resistance to consider are: Belindas dream, Kordes Beverly eleganza and earth angel.

Again angie needs to see what kinds she can buy at this time in her area - if that is the plan - and then proceed from there with her selection process. With hopefully there being an independent outlet with a still good selection (here in USDA 8 a lot of the roses received as bare root and potted for presentation by the retailers themselves have sold out for the year) where she can be directed to an employee that is in charge of what they order, can advise her on what kinds will meet her requirements.

If you are willing to try a different color then Desdemona and Lichfield Angel seem to be great performers in my garden and would be lovely. They both bleach to white in the summer sun so keep that in mind.

desdemona

Lichfield angel

The roses that immediately came to mind that check all the boxes on your list are:

Quietness, a soft pink prize winner and deservedly so.

Princess Charlene de Monaco, peach hybrid tea with ruffly blooms.

Peach Swirl, variegated peach and cream stripe hybrid tea.

The following almost fulfill your wish list:

Mother of Pearl, a light pink/peach grandiflora, but no fragrance. Huge blooms.

Moonlight in Paris, light pink, peach, cream shrub, medium fragrance.

Cinderella Fairy Tale, light pink shrub, no scent. Could get taller in a warm spot.

Getting a rose to 5' isn't always easy in colder zones, but these are my taller ones and shouldn't be too hard to find. I came across a few of them at Lowes, mid season.

I wonder about the proposed layout. I worry that the proximity of the wall and the two arborvitae will make it hard to get the spray wand in the positions necessary to spray the roses properly/adequately. And I worry that the combination of the wall and two arb's block too much light. What strikes me from the photo is that the roses seem somewhat "hemmed in". I have a lot of trouble with black spot, and am [very] far from an expert, so I am hoping some others who are more knowledgeable and experienced will offer more-informed opinions about my concerns.

I meant to add that while the roses I listed are not Austins, they definitely have the English rose form, except for Mother of Pearl. Peach Swirl is border line. My only Austins that reach those heights are not the upright form you are looking for. Most of my Austins are languid and drape on each other or a fence or birdbath, etc. Could be my fault, not the rose.

My tallest, most upright Austins are St. Swithun and Alnwick Castle. Winchester Cathedral comes close.

You might be surprised at what you find at garden centers. Deliveries are later in colder climates like ours. My Home Depot just got their roses in last week.

You may be able to find Savannah locally - it’s a Kordes rose, very healthy, no spray here. It will be about the right height and is a good bloomer. If the Easy Elegance roses are available at Lowe’s or HD, Kiss Me is taller, fragrant, and blooms almost continuously.

I’m also in Northeast Ohio and have some DA roses in my yard. Mine are in a south facing raised bed and do well there. Not sure about partial sun - I’ve never tried it.

The only local place I’ve ever found DAs was at Donzell’s Garden Center in Akron ($5-10 on clearance!!!! I bought a bunch). Sadly they have gone out of business. I ordered a Desdemona bare root from DA directly a few years ago and it’s thriving. Just ordered 5 bare root yesterday not sure when I’ll get them.

If you find them at a garden center in our area will you let me know? I’d love to get some potted ones.

Thanks all for the wonderful recommendations -- I really appreciate it! I've called around to a few local garden centers and one has some David Austin roses in stock and will be getting more varieties within the coming weeks, so I plan on checking back frequently to see if they have something that will suit my needs. Otherwise, I might wait to order online later this year and delay planting by a year to get exactly what I want for the space.

I'm definitely rethinking the arborvitaes too since it sounds like they'd crowd my roses too much, so may plant a hedge row of 4 or so rose shrubs instead to make sure they have enough space/light.

Thanks again all for weighing in! I'm diving back into the rose research and reading up on the gorgeous types suggested here -- Cheers!

His roses are small, but you might wanna check with Peter Schneider at Freedom Gardens in Ravenna. He is An expert And would know what might do well in your area. He wrote the book 'Right Rose, Right Place'.

Thanks again for all the recs, folks! I headed out to a few local garden centers and found 3 Ancient Mariner rose shrubs that I think will be just the ticket. I'll be sure to post pics once I have them situated. Thanks again!

Update: I got my Ancient Mariners in the ground and they're doing great so far. And WOW are they gorgeous!!! I was already able to snip a few for a bouquet and they smell divine. Fingers crossed they'll grow well over the years!

How are your Ancient Mariners doing after a month in the ground? In photos I've seen, it looks darker in the center instead. Where did you get yours? I'm interested in this rose but don't see it in stock anywhere.

They're doing amazing! I dead-headed them meticulously after the first flush of blooms, and they're currently re-blooming like crazy. I bought them at a local garden center back in May right after they received a shipment of David Austin roses, and they just happened to have three Ancient Mariners in stock (the exact number I needed). Here are a couple pics I snapped tonight - so far, so good!