Kyla ...
Yes and no. You can grow own root roses from cuttings or you can learn to bud your own roses.
You would always have to get the propagation material from a rose that was already growing. There are a lot of different ways to propagate roses. Some methods work better in some climates than others, all have to be tweaked. By that I mean that the differences in climate ambient air temps and humidity can impact a propagation method.
Success also depends on the rose. You'll hear me say that a lot. As my rose mentor often has told me, some roses root like fire and others might root just to prove they can.
I can give you a link to Kim's blog where he explains the burrito method of propagation with some very good photos. That was at the beginning of his blog. He's now writing about budding roses, so you can learn how to do that from the same place ...
I am growing Double Delight, but my plant has been pretty stressed by the drought this summer and I think the better material for propagation will come from the new growth next spring, which means you would be using it to propagate softwood cuttings.
I know that Burling Leong who owns Burlington Rose Nursery has listed Double Delight in her inventory last season and may continue to sell the rose, but I don't know if she has changed her prices. She generally has lower prices than any of the other own root rose nurseries and ships quality plants using a flat rate from the PO.
You will have to contact her for availability and pricing. You can send a PM through her nursery page on HMF. She is so busy running the nursery, she doesn't keep her website up-to-date.
http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...
Both Ebb Tide and Francis Meilland are under patent protection. I have found a couple of nurseries selling ET as an own root plant, but they are charging almost as much as you would pay for a budded plant. At that price, I'd go for the budded plant in your climate.
Smiles,
Lyn
