Rose pruning

[Staffy1]

We have a rose bush, in fact several, that I have been trimming minimally every year, except last year. I've been cutting them just over the lowest little pink shoots but each year they get higher and higher on the branches. I'll probably have to use a ladder to do one of them this year. If I cut the branch below any of the visible little pink shoots, will the rose survive and if so, will it flower this year? I need to prune it ASAP as it's getting quite mild here.

It will be fine. David Austin Roses have a few pruning videos that are very useful if you are looking for guidance. You're not pruning enough off if the bush is growing taller each year. Take off everything down to about 5/6 main branches in an "open goblet" shape aka the branches should not cross over each other. You can be more brutal than you think

Here is a link. There is difference guidance for climbing roses.

www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/blogs/news/pruning-an-english-shrub-rose

@BebesChamber, thanks very much.