The lovely strong stalk of this rose is great. See "next" to get the front on view.

I finished the main pruning exercise late yesterday, there's still some big old tea roses I need to cut dead wood from, but I'll peg away at that now and then making sure its finished by the end of the month. Its a warm sunny day here (21-C & August 7th), but with gale-force winds, so glad I finished the whippy roses yesterday!