The warm winter in my part of the country has gardeners asking if it's time to prune roses.
I normally advise waiting until early March. This avoids the problem of pruning now, having more warm weather (which stimulates new growth) and then a hard freeze in late Feb. which would damage the new sprouts. If your rose has new growth now, leave it alone and let's see how Nature proceeds.
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Here it is the middle of February and we're getting our first snow in Arkansas. Very mild winter and the roses were trying to get new leaves! I'm glad I wasn't tempted to trim anything!
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The more I cut rose bushes, the more they bloom. My yard is blessed with an abundant variety of rose bushes!
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