Mike - Thank you for your suggestions. I do have a clematis vine growing in each of the pots with the CC roses. But they are dormant right now. And they never get very big because of the lack of root space. (I should probably move them out of the rose pots and into their own pots .... but that is another story.
I think I may have been confusing in my question ... What I really want to know is .... should the CC roses have THAT much top growth? They are so huge and sprawling at the top that it looks like a teased wig or clown's wig. I was thinking they should look more reserved like the Cl. Old Blush roses on it's arbor. I've honestly never seen a climbing rose look like that at the top. It reminds me of an episode (if there was one) of Climbing Roses Gone Wild. Should I be pruning it hard and more often? It is obviously a vigorous grower (even in pots). This is a China rose culitvar. Mine has no scent that I can detect unlike what it says on this link.
http://www.westongardens.com/p...
I just read on that link that it grows to 15' tall. So maybe that explains why it is ridiculously tall and branching out everywhere at the top like it's on steroids. I had no idea it would grow like that. I was mainly looking for climbing roses that would actually survive here in central Florida. I didn't expect in pots that it would grow to it's full potential.
Anyway .... should I hard prune these two CC climbing roses? Or is this the nature of these beasts and should I just leave them alone and prune like I have been doing (which is when the branches get so long that they are hanging down and scratching anyone walking under them)?
Mike - You suggested I do that, but should I .... given the nature of this particular cultivar of climbing rose?
BTW - The Cl. Old Blush roses do NOT have the roots growing out of the pots yet. The pots are sitting on pavers and I can still shift the pots. The CC though I can not move either of them and any paver they are sitting on is buried under the ground like probably any roots growing through the drain holes of the pots.
