Rambling roses are pruned in late summer or September, after all flowering is finished, at which time you prune out tangled growth, damaged or weak growth and reshape. Climbing roses, on the other hand, are pruned at the same time as bush roses, that is, late February/early March, depending where you live and how cold it is. Ramblers usually have just one, large and impressive flush of flowers that goes on for about 6 weeks,whereas climbers are generally repeat flowering.

If yours is really a rambler, its too late for a big prune, but if you need to clip off a few bits here and there, you can do so.

Hi Kate, I agree with Bamboo, nothing to add, Derek.

Thanks Bamboo and Derek. Much appreciated.
I’m not 100% sure if it’s a rambler, climber or bush..I’ll see if I can find the label today. It does seem to have clusters of roses sporadically. It’s climbing, rambling up and over.

Sounds more like a climbing rose then...in which case, you can reduce any long lengths by a third to prevent wind rock, then do the proper prune in Feb/March..

Hi Kate, this is a useful guide on how to train. https://www.classicroses.co.uk/ideas-and-advice/training-roses.html

Are you OK on how to feed?.

Thanks both, Bamboo and Dawn, really great advice.
To be honest, I’m not sure in regards to the feeding, it’s at the top of the rockery against a shortish fence, which has ivy growing along it too. I’ve just been kind of winging it, if I’m honest. Any advice most welcome :)

The usual feeding regime with roses is quite simple - an application of a specialist rose feed (like Toprose or similar) in late March/early April, then again in June. The only thing is, if yours is growing on a rockery, if there are alpine or rockery plants also growing there nearby, they may not like the excess of nutrients in the soil nearby (for the rose), so depends on the circumstances. If the rose is growing fine anyway, its not critical to feed it.

They also like lots of water :-)

Thanks Bamboo and Dawn, much appreciated. ;)