Rose advice please

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I'm planting a new (to me) garden. It's a small garden and I'm choosing plants carefully. I'm a bit befuddled at types of roses. I know I want pink scented flowers, but I do want the whole shrub to look nice - so many rose gardens I've seen have plants with beautiful flowers on spiny, thorny bare looking branches. Can anyone advise please?

Tea roses smell lovely.

Have a look at the David Austin website. Lots of information, advice and BEAUTIFUL roses. I have a few and they are lovely. Gertrude Jekell is my favourite

www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/products/gertrude-jekyll-climbing-rose&ved=2ahUKEwid7YXyorb-AhV0kFwKHb_4DHUQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3DBAvjF_RJW-alqps_FqSG

You. David Austin is THE place to buy roses

Look for one that says it is shrubby and repeat-flowering.

David Austin roses are great.

For pale pink I'd recommend Olivia Austin or a darker pink Gertrude Jekyll. I find these just give so many flowers with not much input.

Thanks for all the advice!

It's how you prune them, as well. If you get lazy about pruning shrub roses they easily get leggy, so you end up with miles of bare stem. But there are loads of pruning guides online, and it's usually safe to prune a rose quite hard.