Tieing in climbing roses

[dizzydo]

Can someone please tell me the best way to do this. Our garden has overgrown and the roses are all tangled together. I think I can unravel some of it, should I cut them back, I dont want to as a lot of them have loads of buds on, or can I just tie them along the trellis behind them so they climb?Trouble is all the gardening books talk about tieing them in when you first plant but not when they are well established.

Thank you

I think I'd leave it until autumn when they have finished flowering. All the leaves and stuff fall off & then its much clearer whats what. You can be quite mean to roses & cut off a lot branches without hurting them. In fact it often completely reinvigorates them. Not sure whether its okay to cut in autumn or whether you need to wait until spring. Will consult book.

thanx kazzia

I agree with the wait til autumn option and get a good set of gloves. There is a good RHS pruning book. You could raed that for the summer and smell the roses.