I like both of them. Why not alternate them? Cant comment about their heights but would guess several feet. How close you plant would depend on how thick a hedge you want. I think the rule of thumb is 3' but am not sure.
They are lovely roses.
Judith

Eureka grows more horizontal than vertical, so it would make a perfect hedge... I would plant them at least 3 feet apart...

Thanks so much decobug and Judith. I'm looking forward to seeing each of these bloom as so much positive has been written about both.

You know I really wish everyone would stop bringing gorgeous yellow roses to my attention:) Don't you know I'm weak! Although really Eureka is more golden than yellow isn't it?

So what did you decide Duchesse? Which do you intend to use for your hedge? I hope you will share some pictures with us once they grow up a bit this spring/summer.

Kate

Kate, thanks for asking ... I think Eureka is an apricot/yellow, but that's just from reading and seeing pictures on line. I'm going to try planting the Eureka as a hedge near my back deck, just because decobug says it grows more horizontally. I don't hesitate to move plants, so if it doesn't blend well or look right, well, nothing's permanently glued in!

The three Easy Going are going to be planted close together in a bed where the mailbox is. There's a white clematis and purple salvia in that bed too. I have an Elle there too, but I think she'll be fine with those colors.

2 Etoile de Lyon, Marie Van Houtte and Mrs. BR Cant along with an Iceberg and Julia Child are going in the front of the house, with Mrs. Dudley Cross and Buff Beauty on the side on an arbor with Winter Sunset's face peeking through the picket fence.

I hope it all lives and blooms. I hope the colors look right. I hope, I hope, I hope... Come on, spring!

Eureka is listed as an Apricot blend, although from a distance the entire bush glows golden...

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Duchesse:

How neat! I really like Eureka after reading your post. I'm thinking of ordering three for myself. Your combination of clematis with Easy Going sounds just beautiful.

After your description of this and the other roses that will be in your yard now we really need a promise of future pictures. I hope they all grow well for you.

Decobug:

Lovely picture. May I ask where you purchased yours? I checked with S & W but I think Duchesse got the last three:)

Thank you.

Kate

Kate, Garden Valley Ranch has this in stock.

also, while I was visiting Chamblees a few weeks ago, I saw a number of Eureka's in stock there too. They don't show on their website, but I did see them and talked to the Chamblees salesguy about them.

Decobug, thanks for the picture; really pretty.

Eureka is a bushy, healthy shrub - I just planted mine next to Country Squire [hot pink] and Olivier Rollinger [pink/white]. It is super healthy, and know its going to really show off this spring. It will look good next to hot pink, orange........I think its going to be one of my favorites.
Judith

Judith, I'm so glad your Eureka is healthy; I've read different things about it. The blossoms on the Eurekas I saw at Chamblees were freezedried and w/o color but they were still so beautiful in their form.

On one side of where the hedge will be is Spice, the bermuda mystery china, and the other side of the deck is Hermosa and Belinda's Dream. Do you think Eureka's colors will blend in with that?

Blending the brighter moderns with older roses is sometimes tricky, and I never can tell until I see things; sometimes I have a hard time envisioning colors. oh, and Prairie Harvest is nearby around the corner from Spice.

Easy Going, head and shoulders above Eureka for health. My Eureka plants did fine for a couple years and then started to decline the third year. Not sure what happened but they were J&P on Dr. Huey so it could have been their grafts and the fact that our nursery cuts the roots to a fare-thee-well.

hi, Patricia, I've read a couple of postings where you talk about Easy Going and how much you like it - how tall did they get, and is the color actually yellow or an apricot. It's hard to tell form pics on line ...

How is your garden going? I remember you decided to stop rosing, which made me sad ...

Easy Going can be a chameleon, from yellow to apricot. I keep mine about 3-4 feet tall. What an easy-care rose. I think it is even more carefree than Carefree Sunshine, but then that too is a very nice easy rose.