What am I doing with these bits of my rose plant?

[Maggiethecat]

Are these the rose hips (sorry 😱) and do I leave them on the plant when pruning?

Yes, they are the end of last year's flowers.

I would prune back to the red line.

Agree👍
You'll get better growth.

Thank you

Sorry I’m so clueless! So if I cut at that red line I’m going to lose the new shoot circled in yellow
or do I try to save that?

And for the photo with another plant, do I cut at the red line drawn?

Cut to the new shoot leaving it on the stem. Then look at all the other stems and cut them back to new shoots (even if they just look like a little leaf bud at the moment).

You're doing fine and you won't kill it.

You need to cut all last year's rose hips right off, and also any branches that have died. Then find some buds/new shoots growing a bit lower down on the stems and prune back to about 1cm above them.

If you need any more help, then look on the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) website and search for rose pruning.

I’d just dead head (cut the old flower/hips) and leave the new shoot.
Roses are tough. Give it a feed too, now and after first flush of flowers.
in general, for any pruning remove dead, diseased and weak growth, anything crossing and rubbing as that can let in disease.
there are really useful rose pruning videos on the David Austin website if you want to seek them out.
Roses generally thrive on a hard prune as they flower on new growth, but if it’s a climber which that looks like it might be from the wires you need to think of the shape and try and get the main branches as near to horizontal as they’ll comfortably go, then it’ll send up vertical growth.

Ok! Thank you.

I pruned a few weeks ago before the new shoots and removed leaves and did wonder at the time about the hips 😵‍💫

Will prune again and remove the hips, continue to tie horizontally and give a feed.

It’s a Clare Austin, second year, so hoping I’ll get a good display this year!

Yes, don’t be afraid to prune quite vigorously, it will thank you! I had a Claire Austin, took a few years to really get going but then gave me flowers in the summer and again in the autumn/winter, one year it gave me a better display in December than summer! They are lovely but they do have a tendency to ‘shatter’ all over the patio so if you can try to deadhead them just before they do.

Deadhead the flowers just before the petals start to fall. It will encourage new blooms.
How to Deadhead Roses: 5 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow
How to Deadhead Roses | BBC Gardeners World Magazine
If it's a dry spring/summer, give it a little bit of water every now and then.
Keep on top of greenfly.

A rule of thumb is to cut back about a third of the whole length of the stem. Don't worry about cutting off new shoots (I agree this is very upsetting!) the remaining shoots will just be stronger.

Feed the plant after you have pruned it.

Ok, pruning done! Just need to top up with compost and feed.