What a peaceful, romantic nook. I too would leave it as is with only minor pruning

Wow your New Dawn is phenomenal! Mine is in a awful spot since the previous owner planted it aside our shady porch and it really doesn't have much space to grow. We decided to keep it, so we would have to find a way to manage it. I don't know where you live. We don't have much cold (z8) so it grows like crazy. New Dawn is so tough that I prune it differently than my other climbers and it responses surprisingly well. In order to control its size, after it finishes the first flush, usually in mid July here, I take out about 1/3 to 1/2 flowering stems and retie them. This is my major pruning of New Dawn, mostly because it takes a long time and I can do it in a warm day. I may lose some fall flowers, but it is REALLY thorny, no kidding, so I don't think it's a good idea to prune it in cold early spring with frozen fingers. Not to mention I need to move the ladder several times trying the best angle to stretch my arms properly among those evil prickles to the point to cut off. Lopper helps, but for a huge rose like New Dawn, with the stems growing almost 10' long in one season , I don't have many choices. Just laugh at me for doing too much for a rose, but having it and seeing and smelling the blooms is so enjoyable. A bloody sweet. LOL.

BTW, mine have several basal shoots coming out every year, but I'm not sure if that has something to do with the heavy mid-season pruning I do.

It looked a bit sad after pruning in July 2021.

The first flush in June 2022.

I would not touch it. It looks perfect and added the final touch needed to make your little area be extremely romantic.

It's too young to do any old basal growth pruning yetyet. Other than reducingreducinga any of last year's excessively long lateral wthgrowwthgrow to shorter lengthslengths, that's it forfor this year other than dead heading.

Moses

Sorry for the gremlingremlin.

Thanks for all the kind words and suggestions. The climbling roses had grown so much that they prevented me from cutting the grass( evil thorns on New Dawn) So I decided to cut them back, feed heavily.

June 2022...New Dawn was actually climbing up the tree! ( This is the view from the outside wall)

I just pruned and fed the roses to give me room to cut the grass.

I'm hoping the roses will respond nicely.

I will lightly prune inside the courtyard/feed and hope for new cane production) I hope to create more light which might encourage lower growth. Thanks again!