I don't know how own root hybrid teas or floribundas would do for me; I don't think I've ever had any except a few cuttings I rooted from fading favorites that ultimately failed - unless my Lafter is own root (?) - I think it might be as I got it from Vintage Rosery... However I heard the past president of the Houston Rose Society speak a couple of years ago, and she said that in this area grafted roses often have a life span of only six or seven years while the own root roses are "practically immortal". So far that has been my experience too.
