Anybody??? Nobody???

Thanks, comtesse, I think that it may be my best option.

I looked it up on HMF, and am confused. There seem to be two roses with the same name, introduced within a few years. However, both are said to have been bred out of Comtesse de la Barthe, which is another name for Duchesse de Brabant. The other parent of one of them is named as Anna Oliver. All I will say is that I grow both of these "parent" tea roses, and in my zone 9 climate, AO and DdB both achieve very large bushes, NOT restricted to about 3 ft, as HMF says for their offspring SC. Frequently, I have found that the sizes cited on HMF are 1/3rd the size a given rose will achieve in my garden. Just a warning to take the size info on HMF, and in many catalogues, with a grain of salt. My largest AO is at least 12 feet high, and I had a DdB which was 8 ft by 8 ft by 8ft.

Jackie