First off let me say that I really need some advice here ... or maybe I just think I do.
I have been growing 2 different cultivars of roses in large pots up 2 different arbors.
The arbor and roses that I am most concerned about is the Climbing Cramoisi Superieur roses I have growing up a wooden arbor. It has been in the two pots for a number of years. I decided not to grow them in the ground because of the root-knot nematodes in my yard. Though I suspect the roots of both plants have found their way into the ground.
Are they supposed to look like a huge topper of stems, branches, and blooms on top? Or should I be pruning them much more to keep them looking more managed and less like a big poof of out-of-control branches like in my photo? I've never been able to figure out how to prune this fast growing climbing rose cultivar. They just dropped their most recent bloom flush so it looks colorless.
This is a photo of Climbing Old Blush growing on another arbor. Both roses in this picture are also growing in pots for the same reason I have the others in pots. This one looks more tame. It is sporting a bloom flush right now since it is cooler. I like this look much better. It doesn't look all wild and crazy.