I hope someone will tell Sophie whether she should prune either of these roses, because I have some with the same issue, only worse! Thanks to my ineptitude plus the Iowa climate and rampaging rabbits, I have 2 roses with just tall single canes: a "Morgensfrühling" (which usually blooms very early but has no buds at all this year--we had a mistimed late freeze); and a 'Bayse's Purple' (that blooms all summer if I deadhead it, but it has only a few flowering branches atop its one cane). I've been afraid of whacking either of these way down, fearing they'd never grow back, but I'd really like to see something other than the skinny-tower effect I have now.
Any thoughts?
Thank you!