I only have 2 DA roses.. Molineux & Othello. (didn't even know that Othello was a DA rose.. I had to look that one up!) I can definitely promise you that both have never been a Jolly Green Giant of a rose. More like a single spindly cane topped with a single rose at almost all times that it blooms. Othello's a little more robust (I got Molineux from RU, so I'm fighting the teeny own-root thing) but they're still both very leggy. Not as bad as my Outta the Blue. OtB is more like a miniature tree w/long long canes and leaves only at the very very top! Ridiculous!