I cut one back today. I seem to always have several dozen plants in pots waiting to be planted.....

I see that having a pot ghetto is not a phenomenon limited to rose growers, lol!

Sorry I can't offer you any advice. I am too newb to have any. :o)

I tell my husband it is a "nursery"

Several dozen is a low estimate......

So, BorS, you're comfortable cutting back even in summer when necessary -- can you give me your rationale? I've gotten the impression that when you cut back, you stimulate root growth, and isn't this potentially a bad thing when a well-developed clem is in a pot?

Than I've also gotten the impression that when you prune, you stimulate top growth, which is why pruning generally isn't done in the fall; but I've been told it would be OK in the situation where my place is going to be painted in September or October and I've got clems close to the house.

So I'm trying to get these things clear in my mind and... I'm confused.