Try Pat Henry at Roses Unlimited. She had several of the Generosa series. Trish

I suspect they might do better for you than they did here. We had Florence Delattre for about 4 years, and she produced one bloom. The bloom was breathtaking -- but, REALLY. One bloom in 4 years does not cut it. We grew Claudia Cardinale, who bloomed a LITTLE more, but the constant rust on the foliage was brighter than the coppery-yellow blooms. Sonia Rykiel flopped along the ground and produced more prickles than blooms. The blooms, again, were to die for, but unless staked up, they lay on the ground. Paul Bocuse, by contrast, is a vigorous grower and a generous bloomer, with excellent resistance to mildew and rust. He's not my favorite color, to be honest, but he's so good in every way, I have not the heart to remove him. Jeri

I've grown two of the Vigorosa series from Kordes, Innocencia and Emely. Both were short, very disease resistant and bloomed a great deal. This was in the southeastern US - it's rated to 6b by default on hmf, but may well withstand colder temps, being Kordes. Emely is one, I think that Pickering is phasing out, but I think it's still available from there. I grow Kordes' Cream Veranda and have found it to be very bs and mildew resistant here; very pretty bloom. hmf rates it to 6b but I notice that Celeste in New Hampshire grows it. New to me this summer, but I really like Tantau's Sweet Haze, which has a very pretty single pinkish bloom; Heirloom rates it to zone 5. I think hmf zone rating is in error, 8 to 9. What colors are you wanting?

Kate, that's very common thing, it seems. I'm also very sad because there are dozens of excellent DAs I simply cannot buy anywhere in Australia, because they're not introduced here at all. And only few nurseries grow latest introductions (which are excellent and far superior, btw). American market is much better in that regard, whilst in Europe you can buy them all. So, whom to blame? Best place to buy roses is Europe, and everything else is pale in comparison. But even outside EU you'll find many problems obtaining roses from France, Germany or UK. Strict import laws and many other reasons prevent us from growing and enjoying some great roses.