"Chris S" wrote in message
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Advice, please, urglers. I have tended 12 hardwood cuttings of old,
beautifully scented climbing roses. They appear to be alive, and are
coming into leaf. At the moment they look like 8 inch stalks with 2 or 3
breaking buds, and they are in 8 inch pots - two cuttings per pot. What
should I do next - do I need to prune then again to encourage more stems -
what shape should I be looking to achieve by the end of this season? There
are two varieties of rose - at the moment I've had to call them "a" and
"b" until the parents can be identified :-))
Looking for advice, please.

Chris S Some advice I was given a few years ago was to leave them in their
original pot or position for the following 12 months to let the roots get
a good hold then plant them where you want them.