You're so ambitious, Lyn. I wish I had known this technique a few years ago, Kim. There are so many hybrid teas I wanted to grow and never could. I bought many as bands from Vintage Gardens, but most didn't want to grow on their own roots and either died quickly or lingered on, producing only a couple of blooms each year and growing to a foot or 2 feet tall at the most. Burling budded a couple for me and I had good luck growing the "maiden" roses from Wisconsin Roses, but the passage of time has eaten away at my income and my energy, and now I feel quite proud if I manage to keep the garden watered adequately.
I long for the good old days when everything was available in grafted form.
