Thank you for your comments. Many of my new plantings have come from J&P and Witherspoon Rose Culture. Most of the J&P roses were purchased online and were shipped bareroot. In my opinion, these are very good roses, and most have been true to form. The only problem I have with these are the wild nature of the canes. Too many cross and need to be removed before planting. The roses purchased from Witherspoon are exceptional. Most only have three or four canes, but their placement is perfect and the bud unions (most of their roses are grafted onto Dr. Huey) are very good. I have also bought several inexpensive roses from Home Depot. These tend to be above average performers in our garden despite their $5-10 price.  The bareroot J&P roses available at Lowes have been a real dissapointment. Almost all have been poor performers. I tried some of their bareroots in cardboard boxes this year and most are barely alive even though the box was removed prior to planting.I have rolled the dice and purchased some roses from Wal-Mart with mixed results. The CR roses are very good and I have found some plants there with Weeks tags on them that are also pretty good. Every single one of the other roses have been incorrectly packaged, so I have no idea what they actually are. I have seen a lot of this type of mix-up in potted J&P roses from Lowes this year. I have at least two plants that are not what they say they are (wrong metal tags).  So, to answer your question, I buy from four main sources : J&P, Witherspoon, Lowes and Home Depot. Many of the Home Depot roses are from smaller growers, but you need to be selective when buying. I would not suggest any bareroot roses from Lowes or Wal-Mart regardless of the grower. Potted roses from Lowes tend to be ok, and sometimes they get a shipment of plants from small growers. The CR roses from Wal-Mart in pots that are available in early spring are very good and seem to always be true to form. Plants from Witherspoon are always good, but are a little more expensive than everyone else. They sell primarily Weeks and J&P roses.  I don't have any experience buying direct from a small grower, though I'm sure there are many good ones out there (some are listed in the ad sections of magazines such as American Rose). I hope this answers your question. Please let me know if you would like me to elaborate on anything. Thanks again for your kind comments!