Christopher, I can only comment on Comtesse du Cayla. She gets sun from morning till mid to late afternoon, and she does burn for me on hot, and not so hot days. But I'm in 10b. She is a favourite of mine, despite this.

Oh, and she's been slow to establish here. Still only 3 to 4' tall and slightly less wide after 3 years.

I had CdC, on of my favorites. She didn't fry, but her blooms did not last that long. But she got all day sun and a lot of afternoon sun in my yard. I don't think you will have an issue with her.

Rosette d'Lizzy will be fine in the sun.

Almost forgot, I just got Arethusa. I love the blooms with the loose thin petals. They seem to go fast, but I still have her in a pot so I'm not sure how she will do long term.

Here goes. Arethusa here(zone 8) is a little over 4 feet more blooms in the spring no frying. Comtess du Cayla is large and sprawling here like 5 by 6 it gets a little shade, Cramoisi Superieur is not overly vigorous and is in partial shade. Ferndale Red China is upright to 4 feet. I would say it isn't very fond of summer temperatures. Miss Lowe's has been slow to build. I suspect it will have more problems in zone 7a. I hope Alexander Hill Gray grows for you as it does for me, ten feet tall, wonderful spring bloom. Devoniensis has not fried in the sun. It produces more blooms in the spring though. Rosette Delizy tall upright small blooms OK in summer. I hope that is helpful.

Christopher -- I didn't answer this because our conditions are so mega-different. But a couple of things that might be helpful:

Chinas (I realize some of these are borderline Teas)'Ducher'-- Was a weak grower for me, but beautiful, and I will try it again.
"Ferndale Red China"-- Vigorous and disease-free here. Blooms open well in warm conditions, tho they can ball on cool, foggy days.

'Louis Philippe' -- A wonderful rose for me.

'Miss Lowe’s Variety' -- I got this as "Bengal Fire." It's wonderful here.

Polyanthas (I'm hoping to hear of tolerance for less-than-full-sun)

'Leonie Lamesch' -- Beautiful, fragrant, and disease-free here. Never quite got over having gophers ate its roots.
Teas (those which get very wide and spreading will probably go in barrels)

'Etoile de Lyon' -- You may sometimes have to remove the outer (Guard) petals. Then the bloom opens perfectly.

'Rosette Delizy' -- Disease-free. Beautiful. Wouldn't be without it.

As you may have noticed from my previous posts, many of the roses in the Tea and China classes get BIG here:

Comtesse du Cayla, 8' x 8' at 8 years (with regular, firm pruning -- heaven knows how big she would be otherwise...has on occasion tried to climb the nearby orange tree...), blooms do fry in temps over 85F, but I imagine if you have some humidity, they may have more fortitude.

Etoile de Lyon, 7' x 12' at 10 years, totally heat-proof (one of my best if it is over 100F, and generally a great, favorite rose here), but a total catastrophe if there is even a hint of moisture in the air (brown blooms that hang on forever -- this one always gets deadheaded). The first flush is almost always trashed by moisture.

Ducher, hit 4' in a couple of years and was still going, but was such a mildew magnet that he was removed.

Ferndale Red China, hit 5' here in 3 years, got moved last winter because obviously NOT a front-of-the-border rose, but already now back to 5' as if nothing had happened (I call that "vigorous"). I'm glad, seeing Mendocino Rose's comment, that the new spot gets afternoon shade. Mildews, but not insufferably.

Miss Lowe's Variety, perfect tea-like foliage, amazingly does not mildew. 6' x 6' in 5 years, spring and fall flushes are best, but some blooms all the time.

Alliance Franco-Russe was mostly annoying here. Mildewed leaves always, fragile blooms (moisture, heat, you name it) , so he was a big (7' x 7') ugly plant that really had no good time of the year (and in a great part of the garden). I put up with him for 6 years, hoping for improvement, then said goodbye.

Devoniensis did not fry in the sun, but did mildew badly on the east side of the yard. Was fine on the west side of the yard. Was going to be too big for space available (5' x 5' when he left), and I needed the space for rarer roses, so no longer here.

Thomasville Old Gold was such a mildew magnet that he only lasted two years here.

Cramoisi Supérieur, like most Chinas, mildews some, but not so much as to get booted out. I am charmed by this rose, especially the spring and fall blooms. 4' x 5' so far (4 years).

I thank you all for taking the time to give our opinions. Even those from California will help me. Mildew almost never happens for me here, but the information about sun tolerance is very helpful. And I keep in mind that "California sizes" are probably at least 50% greater than I could ever achieve for Chinas and Teas -- perhaps 100% greater. I'm going to re-read these posts a few times, and when my roses come, I'll keep them in pots until at least late Summer. This way I can move them around a bit and see how they do. Thanks again! Of course, I'll update as I go along. And anyone else with experience with any I mentioned, please feel free to chime in.

:-)

~Christopher

Here, CdC was a nicely rounded 4 ft high and about 5 feet wide. Perfect vase shape. It may have gotten larger if I had been able to keep it, but probably not as big as in CA. So yours should be about the same or smaller Christopher. And you may get more winter dieback than I do (except of course for the Polar Vortexes). My Devoniensis was puny, but I had hopes that it would do better when I moved it. Alas, it did not survive being dug up and kept in a pot being shuffled back and forth into the basement during all the silly temperature swings we had this past winter. Gee, I wonder why???

Sigh, I think a trip to Roses Unlimited is in my future.

PS, just a word about Rosette d'Lizzy, mine liked to have canes suddenly die back overnight. Not sure why. It had finally started to stabilize when I had to dig it up.

I should have mentioned that too Buford. Mine(Rosette Delizy) has canes dying back often.