Thank you Margaret. Danish Rosarian Valdemar Petersen claimed it was sterile - but looking at the list of descendants surely contradicts this. Not that I want to use it for hybridization myself though :-)
I think Mr. Petersen was reasonably correct. I count only 11 first generation descendents from 'La France' 1867 using its seed:
Cannes la Coquette 1877 Danmark 1890 Mrs. W.J. Grant <1892 Principessa di Napoli (hybrid perpetual, Lodi/Bonfiglioli, 1897) France et Russie 1899 Ober-Hofgärtner Franz Joost 1902 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt 1903 Dr. Krüger's La France 1916 John Cook 1917 Silver Beauty 1956. Morgenluft 1962
The other first generation descendents were using 'La France' pollen, or sports.
Thank you for your reply Patricia - It could indicate that La France, have very low fertility - albeit not totally sterile since he and other hybridizers gave up using it. As much as I appreciate the beauty of many classes of roses - fragrance will always be an important trait I look for in a rose. Tantau have attracted some very good roses, that are both healthy and very fragrant.
[ed. As per google translate "Both parents are fertile, but if you don't like fennel, you need to be careful. At low temperatures, the last medicine will appear. The germination rate is quite high."]
I know that these nurseries, amongst others, sell it. http://www.garden-roses.co.uk/catalog/enchantress/ https://www.styleroses.co.uk/index.php?proId=709&ENCHANTRESS
From the first link: 'Un-named until October 2011 when the winner of a competition to name this rose was picked from hundreds of entries received at the New Forest Show in July.'
Also please look at this RHS catalog where it lists the rose and the supplier as Style Roses http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder2.asp?crit=Enchantress&Genus=Rosa
