Name: Mike Stewart Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 7a)
My only other advice is not to trim the branches very much going into winter; just the longest canes. The branches have carbohydrates in them that will benefit the plant duting winter.
Name: Mike Stewart Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 7a)
Also, give your roses a long drink of water from the garden hose before covering the ground around their roots, since winter rains may not penetrate the mulch, leaves or soil mounded around the plants.