Steven, you recently wrote about a rose road trip. I would encourage you to visit his June open house. It's a remarkable garden and such an opportunity to see what does well without coddling. He sells the majority of his roses then, as opposed to mail-order. It is difficult to grow roses in Z5 to as large specimens as other own root vendors, although he may custom graft to multiflora.. He did that last year when the late coldsnap hit in June and killed some plants. If you are interested drop an email and avoid the conversation if you're more comfortable with that. He's very responsive to email. The plants I've received are small, but considering he was the only source for them and they've all thrived and really grown well, I'm not so concerned. Even as small plants put in the ground in the Fall, they all survived the winter. Fingers crossed that 2020's rarities do the same. I hope to pick up this year's in June and grow them up myself.

@mamaham, recently Hoang Ton from Florida just posted a video and photos of Eustacia Vye. See this link: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6119494/david-austin-rose-eustacia-vye-1st-year#n=9 Mine will bloom in a week or two. It is so far a very robust rose.

Many of the Delbards have peony shaped blooms and the plants are usually healthy. Souvenir de Louis Amade. This one's new to me but I really like it and it seems tough and vigorous with good rebloom. The little tiny blooms are Mountain Mignonette. Not the best pic of La Rose de Molinard...this one is strong, healthy, and has great repeat. Also known as Perfume de Paris, so notably fragrant. In fact, once the Austins became so popular quite a few breeders came up with roses with similar shaped blooms, so there really is a lot to choose from and bs resistance varies. Here's an old tea, Mrs. B.R. Cant, which might be hardy enough for Memphis and it's extremely healthy and floriferous. Most of the blooms are a bit smaller than Austins.

They are here! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve gotten bare roots and I had forgotten how ridiculous they can be when you first get them. I’m mostly happy with them except for Silas Marner which clearly has a spider mite infestation starting - I’ve got them all hosed off and soaking in quarantine now and will keep them separated for a week or two after I get them potted up. First order The big one in the middle is Eustacia Vye. The three hidden in the back are Munstead Wood because after Evelyn, Jude the Obscure, and Lady Emma Hamilton I’ve learned to hedge my bets 😂 Silias Marner the spider mite incubator Second order Nothing special here, they all look healthy. Everyone getting a soak (spider mite dude is in a separate bucket far away) One more order to go!