your rose looks fantastic to me !! looks exactly like a pic in a rose pruning book so i think you did a great job ☺️

Nice canes there. You should have a spectacular first flush and excellent following bloom, but climbers for the most part are less generous with flowers after the spring show.

I see you used zip tie downs. They can cut into a cane as it gets weighty with new growth, so fastening them loosely is the way to go. It looks like yours are a bit tight.

You have 6 canes going left and 4 going right. The left half of Florentine is a bit congested. I would lower the farthest cane on the right at least to the same distance from the ground as the lowest cane on the left. Then refasten the next canes in line in a nicely spaced distance from each other until cane #5 from the right is pointing straight up. The canes on the left of the bush are/will be perfectly distanced from one another needing no adjusting.

All things considered, you have a fantastic framework there.

Moses

P.S. Those canes are the envy of many a climbing rose enthusiast.

Moses

I think it looks perfect too. You can always cut dead wood off.

Those are some fabulous looking roses! I use Old nylons, Leggings,,Et cetera. Anything that has elastic and is thin And the correct color that I want.It blends in, Last for years It's easy to take on and off And also Expands as needed.. Twist ties also work But not as well as the stretchy materials. Once you start looking for them You will get creativeUseful.

Thank you Vaporvac. I never would have thought of nylon. What a great idea! Thanks for this fabulous tip.