It looks fine. As you get new growth continue to tie them spread out in a fan shape to get more bloom.

Is that an own-root rose? If so, the canes you have don't need to be trained, because they'll likely never grow to "climber size". Their job is just to feed the roots, and then the roots will send up new stout canes which can be trained.

:-)

~Christopher

Yes, it is own root. :) I have the softer branches tied right now. Should I untie them?

I have Tess. It's robust yet flexible in my case. I tied it almost on a flat line horizontally and it bends that way, sending lot of new shoots along the cane. You should just keep it as low as possible without breaking it.

If it's own-root, there's no benefit to tying its existing growth to the fence, since that growth won't "become the climber". Better to just leave it planted there and wait for climber canes to emerge from the ground. It may not happen until next year. Eventually, as more new canes emerge from the roots, you'll likely find yourself looking at those original stems as being "in the way". As soon as there's enough new growth from the roots to maintain the plant on their own, you can snip those original stems off.

So you don't have to untie them now, but you didn't have to tie them in to begin with. Just keep it watered, throw some organic fertilizer on it once or twice this year, and it'll make those trainable canes soon.

:-)

~Christopher

Thank you so much for all the help!