I don't know 'Hyde Hall.'

Bein' you're in Oregon, though, I'm surprised you're not using rugosas for hedging.

I've seen some pretty nice rugosa hedges, used between the campsites at Champoeg State Park, and there are incredible rugosa hedges at Sunset Cliffs -- in that big garden which was a stately home?

The most magnificent rose hedge I have EVER seen is one that must run for at least a quarter mile -- kept trimmed perfectly, and yet blooming, at The Hermitage -- Andrew and Rachael Jackson's home, East of Nashville, TN.

Jeri

I suggest you e-mail Heirloom nursery, because their nursery is in Oregon, and tell them your concerns.
-you'd like to buy as many 'Hyde Hall' rosebushes from them, in order to plant a (give number of feet long) hedge and first need to know
-how wide 'Hyde Hall' gets to be,
1. once mature
2. as an own-root plant
3. in your part of Oregon.
and if they would please
A. give you a reccomendation for spacing 'H.H.'close enough to make a hedge.

Luxrosa
4.75 feet would be my guess, for H.H. in Portland.

Anita, that picture is magnificent! I wish I had room for something like that. I just love Rugosas. Do you know which one that is?

Thanks,
Joanne

It looks like the species rugosa to me. R. rugosa and R. rugosa alba.

There are hedges like that in Maine, too.

If I were planting a hedge of the same variety, i.e. very densely planted monocropping, I would get the most disease resistant variety I could. Monocrops are sitting ducks for disease. I don't think of any of the Austins are truly extremely disease resistant. Rugosas make a lot more sense to me. There are lots of smashing rugosa "hedges" next to highways and freeways all over the Portland area.

You might also ask them how a Hyde Hall hedge would compare to a rugosa hedge. My understanding is that Hyde Hall is somewhat different than most Austins we think of. HH is very disease-resistant, 5-6 ft tall, very hardy, and is supposedly a great hedge rose. I can see why you are interested in it--lovely pink blooms.

Wish I had experience with it. I remember a couple years ago wishing I had a place for a hedge row of HH. Unfortunately, I don't. : (

Good luck. A rugosa hedge would be nice also.

Kate

Thanks everyone for all the replies! I came by and read the replies the other day but this is the first time I had a chance to post.

We went and bought the Hyde Hall roses yesterday and hope to get them in the ground in about 10 days or so. We bought enough to plant the roses 4 feet apart, which seems to be a good compromise. I will try and remember to post a photo or two in the coming months on the progress since there is not much info on Hyde Hall and maybe it will help someone else looking for a tall rose hedge. :)

sorry for posting on an old thread, I wonder if vintagegarden can share some experience on the Hyde Park after the first year?

@vintagegarden - so how do you like Hyde Halls in the hegde? Would you be able to share a picture..thanks!