If your rose is a climber, it will likely follow a pattern of, "the first year it sleeps, second it creeps, third it leaps", because the plant requires a significant root system under it to support the large growth. If it's a bush, it's still likely producing roots so it can support itself. A LOT of what it is going to do is determined by the genetics of the rose itself. Some don't branch much, others branch quite well. How old is the plant? If it was recently rooted prior to your purchasing it, the plant is still an "infant" and likely won't begin branching until it matures a bit. Even if it was many months old when you received it, it's still an "infant" compared to a budded plant as it has a very new root system under it, and likely not very large of one at that. Is the plant in a pot? How large a pot? Is it in the ground? Usually, small own root roses are better grown in pots until they are large enough to be planted directly in the ground. Soil in pots is usually warmer than the ground, so the plant is stimulated to grow a bit faster. Cold soil slows down the plant growth and the soil a few inches under the soil surface can be many degrees colder than the air. Is it grown in direct sun, filtered light, shade? How often has it been fertilized? Do you know what the variety name is? Some roses simply are not vigorous growers while others are real weeds. There are MANY factors which affect what the correct answer to your question is. I honestly hesitate to advise pruning the plant yet as it may not have much of a root system yet and may be depending upon the nutrients stored in its stems to support it, so you probably shouldn't cut off that nutrient supply yet. If it's trying to flower, I would definitely not permit it to yet. Pinching off the flower buds will help push the plant to grow more in an effort to flower more.

Thank you for your response! It seems to be very young possibly less than a year old. It’s in the ground bc I am new to this so I only now know, that I should have left it in a pot. I fertilized possibly not as much as I should have Bc where I am, we are going on our second month of daily storms. That’s what I. Also guessed killed over 20 plants I had. It’s filtered light currently. Overall I think the conditions were harsh with the constant watering and washing away of fertilizer but I Saw in a YouTube video someone recommended scraping stems to stimulate new growth but I was hesitant to do this

Not sure what rose it is Bc the store never labels them unfortunately

I have a pearly gates rose and I know this time Bc I got at another store. It’s a climber but I don’t know how old it is. I do know that it was pretty desperate looking when I got it and after I transferred to a bigger pot, instantly got new growth. Right now I’m experimenting with pruning it a little

Thank you. No, I would NEVER encourage anyone to scrape the stem of a rose to make it do anything. That is what is suggested to expose more cambium layer for rooting a cutting, but any wound you make can allow crown gall bacteria entrance into the cutting and may lead to galls forming. Daily storms? Where are you? That much rain can inhibit growth due to excessive water and washing away the nitrogen as it follows water. If the sun is extreme where you are, filtered light may be appropriate until it's a mature plant.

I live in the Caribbean - it’s been almost two months of downpour - every. Single. Day. It’s actually stormy as I write this!!!!!

They were going great until the rain happened :/

That is probably one of the most difficult places to grow roses well. Your sun is BRILLIANT (when there is sun) so the filtered light would be appropriate in my opinion. Can you obtain a water soluble fertilizer such as Miracle Gro or Vigoro crystals? If you can, because your plant is getting watered SO much, perhaps it will respond well to what I call the "weakly, weekly" feedling. The instructions say to feed one tablespoon per gallon of water every two weeks. However, your soil is likely rather sandy, I would imagine, and as you wrote, you're getting a PILE of rain, so feeding the plant every week with half strength fertilizer should help encourage it to produce more growth, more quickly. Of course, you never fertilize a dry plant, so if it doesn't rain the day before or the day of the feeding, you should probably water it, then a while later, feed it. That way, hopefully, it will benefit from the feedings rather than having them all wash away before it can. The neat thing about half strength is you can't burn the plant as easily with half strength and if it appears to need more, you can easily add more. You can't take any away if you over feed. Hopefully, the rains will let up a bit and with this treatment you can get your rose to start maturing. Good luck! I envy all that rain (I'm on the Central California Coast and our rains won't start for several more months...IF they come at all), but having lived in Miami, I know well how it can be too much. Good luck!