Let me start by admitting I'm no rose gardener. [Herbs and veggies are
my vice]

But my mom's maiden name is Dubreuil & I ran across the Francis
Dubreuil rose while doing some genealogy & it looks like it would make
a nice gift for her 80th birthday coming up.

After googling through a dozen of the larger rose nurseries, I found
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?i=A2835&tab=16 and started
through ther suppliers listed there.

I'm in NY, near Schenectady- zone 5-6, so I was hoping to find a
northern nursery. All the Oregon nurseries were sold out or no
longer shipping. I tried several CA nurseries that were no longer
shipping.

Finally I found Ashdown - that still has some. But they say it is
only hardy to zone 7.
http://www.ashdownroses.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=931

The help-me-find main page says zones 4-9.
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?i=A2835&tab=1

Is Ashdown being conservative, or will there be 'tender' strains of
the same variety?

Thanks,
Jim
[if anyone knows of a source within a few hours drive of Albany, NY,
I'd love to check it out]