but a lot of 'em are out of patent! perennialfan, check/post on the Exchange page on the Rose forum, & you might also browse on these gardenweb forums: Perennials Exchanges Plant Exchange & your regional forum(s) will have an exchange page- for instance, I'd check the Texas forum & Southern Gardening, but if I were in Canada, I'd check Canada & Far North. Best luck, & enjoy your gardens & roses!

Outsourcing this trade might not only cause additional environmental pollution inside the country of production, facilitated by lax environmental laws if there are any at all and through international transportation, but it is often also a guarantee for unfair and unhealthy working conditions and underpaid work, see links below. I'm not sure where exactly DA grows his cut roses, or what his workers' conditions are, but I think that it is good to know these basics anyway. See also this link, BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/africa/1260248.stm Here is a link that might be useful: flower growing in Kenya

Rebecca- your roses are gorgeous but so much work. I live in Massachusetts. It is so difficult to even dig a hole 10 inches deep with all the rock, boulders and ledge so I try to buy only own root roses. I have gotten some wonderful own root roses from DA and have some more scheduled for delivery next week. I hope they add more own root to their collections. I recently ordered 'Queen of Sweden' and 'Windermere' which is by far my healthiest DA rose and covers herself with delicate soft blush pink blooms from early summer till fall. She is cane hardy in my Z5b-6a garden. The only negative is lack of the "to die for" strong perfume scent that Austins are so known for. sharon

That is Olivia Rose Austin. She does fine, though I don't use her often, in bouquets. As far as Austins, the best for cutting for me are Evelyn, Brother Cadfael, and Eglantyne. Munstead Wood is best left on the bush where he is is tough in heat and cold, but doesn't want to be a bouquet. Diane Mostly Evelyn Peonies, Munstead Woodk Brother Cadfael, and ? Brother Cadfael and peonies