HU-870412555 I don't sell cuttings but I root roses to benefit charities. I rooted the below this past summer and donated $800 to charities (most of it is my money). They are out-of-patent roses: Dee-lish, Evelyn, W.S. 2000, Spirit of Freedom, Christopher Marlowe, The Dark Lady, The Squire, Augusta Luis, Golden Cel, James Galway, Mary Magdalene, Abraham Darby, Sonia Rykiel, Carding Mill, Radio Times, Pat Austin, Crown Princess Mag., Tchaikosky, Purple lodge. The charities benefit from my rootings: Mother Teresa nuns in Chicago who run a homeless shelter for women & children. Plus Carmelites friars in New York who wired the money to buy toothpaste & toothbrushes for orphans overseas. Very few rootings will succeed INDOOR through my zone 5a winter, so let me know in advance. This past summer I charged cheap prices, but I got so burnt out in pleasing buyers, and not much money going to charities. It ended up a huge expense in time & labor for me. Easier for me to give to charities directly, without going through the hassle of pleasing buyers who want to get rather than to give. For 2013 it will be a bidding system, whoever bid highest get the rose since I have very few rootings for each variety. It would be unfair for me & charities serving the poor to offer the cheapest deals like last year. I don't sell above rootings to nurseries, but I sell to INDIVIDUAL rose grower. It's about luck & experience. Jubilee Celebration failed to root this year 2022, but I try again in spring 2023. For the past decade, I rooted only 1 Mary Magdalene. But as of 12/6/22, I have several Mary Magdalene successful rootings INDOOR through zone 5a, in just one month. Below is 12th-year own root Christopher Marlowe in my zone 5a garden, drought-tolerant with a wonderful scent (carnation, musk, and lemon). Even rabbits don't eat its thick leaves. Never see blackspots on Chris' thick and glossy leaves (similar to Kordes' roses). Bush is small & compact as 12th-year own root in my zone 5a. It's worth buying for the posh scent, like an expensive perfume. I can close my eyes and identify Chris' amazing scent. It's in only 4 hours of sun:

These are both exceptional roses. They both have some shade tolerance, so four hours of sun might be fine. In the book "The English Roses", Mr. Austin speaks highly about both. He considers Golden Celebration, perhaps his finest rose. But if they are going in a container, yes Jubilee is the one for you. I am so surprised that in California it is staying so compact. Usually an Austin rose becomes mega here. By the way that fragrance on JC is so lemony and fresh.

I found Christopher Marlow not terribly enthusiastic about growing last year too. I'm waiting with bated breath to see what he does this year (I'll see how he likes organic life)....he better get a shuffle on, and better have a nicer colour than he seemed to last year too, there's plenty of other contenders for his position!

Jin, if you really love a rose and don't mind the expense of a gamble, then I think it's worth trying something in your own garden. That's the biggest thing I've learned in my first year gardening. Not that I'm not grateful for the experiences shared here but I've noticed several times now that roses (and other plants) that people complain about, end up performing really well for me. (And conversely, plants other people raved about, turned out really disappointing or riddled with pests in my garden) For example, before I started planting roses last year, I was doing a lot of research into the different David Austin cultivars and based on all the comments on GardenWeb, I wouldn't have touched Abraham Darby with a barge pole! Everyone seemed to be complaining about him and what a disease magnet he is, especially with blackspot, etc, etc... Well, in the end, I decided to take a chance and he has been the healthiest of the 12 DA's I planted. Not one speck of blackspot on him. And he's planted by the lawn so he was getting regularly sprayed by the lawn sprinklers. He's grown to 5 feet in one season, with multiple new basal shoots, and constantly reblooms, with huge flowers, even though he's in partial shade. He's been a fantastic rose. Of course, I do live in a dry Mediterranean climate so BS and other fungal diseases aren't too big an issue in general - but my point is, Abraham Darby wasn't one of the DA's which DID succumb to blackspot in my garden and I'd really expected him to be the worst, based on everyone's comments. If I had just listened to general opinion, I would have missed out on a great rose. (He might still go downhill yet - I've only had him 1 yr and I know that's nothing in gardening terms - but I'm enjoying him so far!) HY