Have you checked helpmefind.com in the "Buy From" section? Lots of vendors have it listed. Roses Unlimited shows it and they carry own-root roses, although it's pretty darn expensive to ship them here. Christianson's in Mt. Vernon is shown as carrying it, too.

lol funny you ask ...it started off doing pretty well. It was growing and filling out nicely, probably about 3.5 x 2 (but probably not fully grown yet). There weren't tons of flowers but they were large, gorgeous and the fragrance was incredible. I did plant it deep. It did tend towards some bs and/or mildew but the blooms were worth it (for me at least). For most of my roses, I let them get established and then stop winter-protecting once they are "old enough" to take care of themselves. After several years, none of my roses get winter protected except the David Austin "Evelyn". Last winter, I only protected about half the amount I normally would to start weaning it off winter protection. However, in Toronto, last winter was pretty horrible in that we had periods of time of freezing cold temperatures, really cold even for us, but very little snow and snow cover. Come this Spring, Yves was dead. A lot of people lost quite a few garden plants, lots of things didn't make it, and Yves is clearly VERY borderline hardy (even Celine Forrestier makes it through my winters now with no winter protection other than fallen leaves). Live and learn I guess. I waited throughout this summer to see if it might come back but no luck. I will be buying another for next year as the blooms were wonderful and I definitely want it in my garden. I will however be winter protecting completely from now on ... just like Evelyn ... I guess some roses will just always need that here :)

It's not a super big grower, perhaps it expends much energy creating those huge, fragrant flowers. 3-4' wide here.

I don't blame you Susan. I fell in love with peonies when still a kid after becoming aware of them at relatives' homes in Pennsylvania. Each time I've encountered them as cut florist flowers, I'm that kid again, completely consumed by those amazing, incredibly scented blooms. I've never lived where they were even remotely possible to grow, so you can imagine my delight when I first encountered Yves shortly after its American introduction in the late eighties to early nineties. I HAD to try it and I hated it. Two friends and I bought plants and all three of us were terribly disappointed with how weak and diseased they were. All of us were very experienced in rose growing by that time and none of us found him enjoyable as a plant. All three were dumped. Fast forward ten or twelve years later when I came to maintain this plant in the garden I obtained my cuttings from and I now get to enjoy the flowers several times a month. When the idea struck me to propagate several as memorial plants to this friend's mother, it was only natural I should root one for myself. Only one struck. Fortunately, I hadn't mentioned the idea to her, so I'm not on the hook to perform. Ironically, this plant is in the same climate and as the original three, yet it grew and matured into a strong, odd and angular plant, but it does flower and seldom has any fungal issues. I still wouldn't want to use it for breeding, even though I love smelling and seeing those blooms when they're just right! Kim