Thanks Angie.
Normally I don't do any pruning right now either, I just tie the canes together to keep them from whipping around in the wind and tearing roots. This will be my first winter for climbers though, and I think Eden is just reliably hardy to one zone warmer than here. If I could get that stout cane down and buried I would, but it won't flex enough.
My initial thought was to just let this first year plant grow and do its own thing for one summer, and then start training it next spring. I probably should have worked with it more when it shot up seemingly overnight and was still a bit flexible.
