Kind of like piling on a plate of food at a pitch in dinner isn't it? As
the
saying goes, your eyes are bigger than you stomach, only in this case your
roses are bigger than your garden.
Theo has a good point about crowding them together, although I think most
of us
try to do the same thing. Only to discover the roses grow! And sometimes
they
grow and grow and grow. It is much easier to give them some extra space
to
start than have to move them later. Been there, done that (more than
once!)
Rather then trying to fit all 65 roses in at one time, pick ~20, of
different
types and start with those. You may have to pick the names out of a hat
or buy
only those roses on your list that are available at a single supplier or
two.
Work with those for a while. If you have some bare spots, put in a few
annuals. Some of the roses that you think you really, really must grow,
will
not do well for you. Or you don't like the form, color, scent, etc.
My wish list of roses got rather long, but I knew they would never fit in
my
limited space. So I began buying them a few at a time. Now when I look
at
that original list, I smile. There are so many on there I no longer even
desire for one reason or another.
Take your time. Be patient. The roses will still be around.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Well, we are doing two things to reduce crowding - reducing the number of
roses but also increasing the bed sizes! We chose roses from books rather
than nurseries so that we could get some warnings like "black spot magnet
don't bother!" or recommendations like "wouldn't be without it in my garden"
rather than just a pretty picture of the rose and no mention of any faults.
This of course means that now that I am searching for the roses on nursery
sites, not all of them are available. There are around 15 that I haven't
been able to find so we will just cull those.

The roses are going on a 10 acre site locally so there really isn't any
space restrictions besides what we are prepared to dig and maintain. My
father owns farming machinery (and this is on his property) and we are
planning on inviting another 6 or 7 family members/friends to help us - so
we are flexible enough to make the beds bigger if necessary. We did some
planning the other night and already decided to put in some curves, an
island feature rose and then another curved bed on the other side to
increase the space.

It seems almost like the planning and preparation is as much fun as enjoying
the flowers. We have small minis, ground covers, shrubs, cutting roses,
striped roses, some named after family, climbers (the largest to climb
through trees), modern, OGR and English roses. You could say that we have
chosen around 20 to start with, its just that it is 20 each

Looking forward to lots of flowers ...

Kirra
Brisbane, Australia
zone 10