I had Eden once upon a time, before I knew anything about roses. I pulled it out because I was too impatient and didn't realize roses needed to settle in a year or so before you can expect a show. I used to move roses every year, shame on me! I do know that chamblees carries Anne Boleyn. It's an online vendor I have used and love. They send very healthy own root roses , often with more than one plant in a pot so you can separate them and get more out of them. I don't think you'll find a better price locally for David Austin's ! And my observation, which is only what I have noticed, is that the local places here do not get such variety in David Austin's. I sometimes email nurseries to see if they'll tell me what they are expecting or I'll ask for a variety in particular. Most are more than happy to respond! I have seen Eden sometimes at lowes and hd. I might give her another try if I stumble upon her. Not sure how much shade you are working with but, I have the fairy in a part sun area (am sun til 1) and it blooms like crazy for me and is fabulous. Also, hybrid musk roses are somewhat shade tolerant. I grow a few, not in shade tho. Buff beauty, one of my favorites, darlows enigma and ballerina, lavender lassie, Cornelia ,Danae and I think my bubble bath rose is a musk too. Maybe the hybrid musk catagory will interest you? Sorry if I babble too much! :)

They are among the easiest flowers to propagate. I use moist sand in a tray with drainage and put it out of direct sunlight.......there should be all sorts of directions online as to how to take the cuttings and prepare them so I'll spare going into detail. I like sand because of the perfect drainage, you can't overwater them that way, and because mechanically it holds the cuttings upright.

I am in the process of transplanting my water-rooted lavender to soil. I am using a combination of the methods described above + one other which I can't find, or I'd link to. I add wet soil to the container (wet so that the soil doesn't rise to the surface.) I add some pebbles to keep the soil down. The article that I can't find said to use soil withOUT fertilizer bec the fertilizer could burn the roots, but all I had when I decided to start this project, was soil with fertilizer, so that is what I'm using. The article said to daily pour out a little water, and add more wet soil. I am doing this every other day to give the roots more time to change over. It has been about 6 days -- so far so good. The method says after a week, see if the roots are rooted in soil, and if they are take the whole thing out and put in container with soil. I will let you know how it goes. appreciate all the advice given above.

I'm sort of a novice here, but logic and my experience so far would seem to indicate that the better the potting medium, the better the growth, for the whole plant or cuttings. Initially for the first year, I think soil choice doesn't matter much for propagations to shoot roots and begin a new plant, but it's less stressful to not have to change soils. My other succulents will shoot out (aerial) roots if I've gone too long between watering them. The Sans. being a succ, would seek water the same way as far as I can tell. My 2 leaf props. were successful by me just leaving them be for weeks until they showed signs of mild dehydration, then I'd water them like my other plants, until they looked fine again (maybe 2 waterings in one weeks time) I refuse to buy succulents, and only propagate them. They all get similar treatment and I've been very successful. A few have rotted and died early on, but these seemed destined to anyways, and unpreventable. With your S. Fischerii, I think initially it's going to come down to numbers. Make as many cuttings from one stalk as you feel comfortable, with a clean knife, and leave to callous. Then stick them in whatever and leave them be for a month or so. If they stay alive, they'll eventually grow. I have an echeveria petal that didn't do anything for 6 months while its brothers were growing roots and new plants. It shot a root out, and now 10 months later has finally starting growing a new plant. There's no rhyme or reason, the other petals are in the exact same pot in the exact same conditions.