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A very pretty rose. I can`t answer your question but I will be very interested in others responses. Lesley

Just bringing this back to the top since nobody has answered it yet.

Young roses that flop can be staked until the stem blooms out and then cut back a bit.. Stems grow thicker with age. The plants will fill in by making new canes from the base when they are strong enough to do that.

Hard to advise on pruning without knowing the variety or at least the type. It does not appear to have the stiffly upright habit of growth associated with hybrid teas and similar roses. I would support it for the time being and cut back to around 3' next March to see what happens. You can ask again during the spring flush of bloom.

Great! Thank you so much! I'll definitely get some stakes for it and just wait. I wish I could find the darn tags. We bought them at Lowe's and like I said, all I can remember is that they said something along the lines of cut flowers for arrangements. Really appreciate the help!

Don't know if this will help or not, but here's my experience. The mature, 2-yr plants I purchased that were actively growing and large look silly to me. The ones that I already from the year before look much better, except where my newbie self did a hatchet job of pruning early this spring.

Why? The mature plants hadn't been shaped & were allowed to grow gangly & lop sided because the nursery wanted the blooms to show, and they don't normally cut anything from a potted rose they're trying to sell. They all grew upright, lanky, and funny-looking. The ones I pruned had some "directional guidance" and went the way I intended.

Another big thing I've noticed---I don't exhibit, so I tend to deadhead rather shallowly. I'm not trying to get long stems. Instead, I cut back just to where the nearest bud eye is emerging from a leaflet, as long as it's not too terribly thin of a stem. I don't get many long-stemmed roses for cutting, but I have very nice, full garden roses and that's my goal.
---Laura

Thanks flaurabunda! I'm like you, i'd rather have a full garden of roses than a lot of long stemmed ones to cut. Currently I only prune spent blooms down to the next bud (like you) and then obviously remove any dead leaves. I'm scared of hard pruning because I'm worried i'll make the bush grow all wonky!

They are young plants and will look gangly for a while. Next year when they've settled in a bit more they will grow new stems that are much stronger and bigger. I think eventually your location will be a little narrow for them. Roses can get 5' or 6' wide in a warm climate.

If you would like a garden filled with flowers rather than long-stemmed roses for the vase, look at China, Tea, and Floribunda roses. Look at the "Earth Kind" roses that have much better Blackspot disease resistance than most roses. They bloom a lot and are easier care, an excellent choice for a gardener new to roses.

Good luck with roses and enjoy the journey! :)

Here is a link that might be useful: About earthkind roses