Hi Kendra, copy the html in the first box under "Grab Your Code" on the tinypic website to post the photo here directly. It makes it a lot easier to get comments that way. What grows from the buds: 1. leaves 2. small twigs that have a flower or two at the end, and a leaf or two. 3. larger branches that have a cluster of flowers and a few leaves 4. Huge stems that rival the size of the original stem. Whether 1,2,3, or 4 are what you get from each bud depends on a lot of different factors, the cultivar, the location of the plant in your yard, the climate zone, the amount of water and nutrients the plant gets, the location on the cane where the bud resides. The easiest thing to do is what you have already started: take photos after pruning, and see what happens. Did you get a great spring flush from your rose, or one that was worse that last year? Are the canes dying back from where you cut, or sprouting strong new growth? The small twiggy growth you left--is that producing some flowers, or nothing? Observing what happens tells you how to prune next year. Write things down, and every year, the rose will get better and better based on your knowledge. It's not a cut-and-dried thing because there are so many variables. The basics are: removed dead, damaged, and diseased wood, keep it a managable size so you can handle it without injuring your self. A trick I use is taking a long pole pruner to reach the highest growth. I grab it and pull it down and either trim it or arch it over so I can reach it later. Climbing rose care is an art, not a science. Check YouTube, there are some good "how to prune a climbing rose" videos on there.

Yes, you can plant your roses now. However, if you are planting in full sun, you may want to rig something to give them some shade from the worst of the afternoon sun so they aren't fending off the heat at the same time they are getting established. As roseman says, you may not have as many blooms in the heat, but the roses will get established. You should get a fall flush and the more established the rose, the better flush you will have next spring.

Ihave a 4x4 with a bird house at the top of it. We took a piece of 2 ft wide lattace wood and fastened it to the back of the pole. Have a White (Henri) Clematis that climbs up the back of the lattace and a Don Jaun (red) rose that climbs up the front and around the bird house. Both are in full bloom right now, and are quite the eye catcher. An added bonus is the blue bird that is nesting in the box.

My ND rose is doing ok, it has sent out a few really long stems..I’d say about 5’ -6’ long...but only like 3 of them so far...I put it in a place next to my ugly chain link fence so it could get as big as it likes because the more it hides that fence the better...this will be it’s 2nd full year in the new spot, so I’m sure I’ll see more growth from it this year...as far as that area...idk if I’m going to put any roses there...ideally I’d love to, but we already have a ton of bees near the pool and I think putting more flowers will just bring even more...I love bees don’t get me wrong, but I don’t love them buzzing around my head when I’m trying to relax by the pool...and my yard seems to have all the aggressive types..so not only cute little bumblebees..I have those huge black and white hornets, yellow jackets, and these tiny little black ones that sting like a b***h!! So I more want to discourage them there, than encourage them lol...which stinks because it’s a perfect area for a nice climber :’(