This is a list of roses that have been tested by some one to be good as own root roses. For those who would like to start rooting roses, picking on a list of roses currently offered in own root format around the world would be a good bet. Please contribute to this table by sending information to

Rose name	Type	Good as own root	Easy to root	Grow well on rootstock	Comments	Region	Contributor
April	HT	No	No	Multiflora	This is a cut flower. Only good in Autumn as it hates the heat and strong Sun light	Sydney	dmaivn
Bella rosa	Floribunda	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Seems a little more vigorous on Multiflora than as own root	Sydney	dmaivn
Botany Bay	HT	Yes	No	Multiflora	Decent performance, light bush, delicate flowers	Sydney	dmaivn
Burgundy Iceberg	Floribunda	Yes	Yes	White Iceberg	White Iceberg and Burgundy are completely compatible and have same vigour. They can be combined to make a plant with two colours when used White Iceberg as the rootstock	Sydney	dmaivn
Double Delight	HT	No	No	Multiflora	The climber version is more vigorous. Humidity and blackspot are its enemy	Sydney	dmaivn
Dr. Huey	Hyb. Wichurana	Yes	Yes	Own root	It's not extremely easy to root as a rootstock! However if the conditions are ideal it will root consistently at very high percentage. This rootstock lives very long - 100 years!	Sydney	dmaivn
First Red	HT	No	No	Multiflora	Excellent on Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Fragrant Cloud	HT	Not bad	No	Multiflora	Excellent on Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Golden Gate	HT	No	No	Multiflora	Poor performance due to humidity	Sydney	dmaivn
Gold Medal	HT	No	No	Multiflora,Canina	Excellent on Canina and Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Iceberg	Floribunda	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Seems equally good as own root or budded. It is amazingly compatible with all other roses and can be an alternative rootstock for them	Sydney	dmaivn
JF Kenedy	HT	No	No	Multiflora	Excellent on Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Kardinal	HT	Not bad	No	Multiflora	Extremely vigorous on Multiflora. Moderate performance on Dr Huey	Sydney	dmaivn
Mainau Feur	Groundcover	Yes	Yes	Canina	The extreme vigour I see of it on R. Canina rootstock makes me wonder. The parent plant I have on Multiflora is fairly good. Dr Huey works well with it too but fighting blackspot seems harder. It buds well on Sweet Briar as well	Sydney	dmaivn
New Dawn	Hybrid Wichurana	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Very vigorous on Multiflora. Huge climber. Not good as standard or weeper	Sydney	dmaivn
Princess de monacco	HT	Not bad	No	Multiflora	Vigorous on Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Queen Elizabeth	Grandiflora	Yes	Not bad	Multiflora		Sydney	dmaivn
R. Canina	Species	Yes	Yes	Own root	Also known as Dog rose. It's not extremely easy to root as a rootstock. However it's easily root late Winter as semi-hardwood. This rootstock can be quite thorny. There are many wild strains. It's thick and tall and suitable for making bush, standards and weepers	Sydney	dmaivn
R. Multiflora	Species	Yes	Yes	Own root	There are various strains. They are excellent rootstocks. The thornless strains seem to be less disease resistant. It's very easy to root. To avoid suckers cut away the bark at the node underthe soil line	Sydney	dmaivn
Smooth Prince	HT	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Seems equally good as own root or budded	Sydney	dmaivn
Summer Evening	Groundcover	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Good, rapid groundcover	Sydney	dmaivn
The fairy	Clustered flower	Yes	Yes	Multiflora,Canina	Small rose, best suited with a small think Multiflora rootstock for better graft union	Sydney	dmaivn
Tropical Amazon	HT	No	No	Multiflora	Excellent on Multiflora	Sydney	dmaivn
Vesper	Floribunda	Yes	No	Canina	Seems equally good as own root or budded. It can be rooted as semi-hardwood late Winter but the sucess rate is very low. It seems to bud only on Canina. I have failed on Multifloras and Dr Huey	Sydney	dmaivn
White Meidiland	Groundcover	Yes	Yes	Multiflora	Root well like weed. Great on own roots. Doing ok on Dr Huey but seem to suffer blackspot more, however seems to gain in having more blooms and looking nice as a compact standards (hardly need pruning)	Sydney	dmaivn