no prune now -best to do in late march -if for safe,then tie, but if no, hten leeve it to flap bout as htis will stop it snappim

Isn't it tied into a trellis or fence Val ?

For pruning, as i understand and adopt ...... for the first 3 years you don't prune - you let the plant form the main framework that you want to achieve.
Thereafter you prune, in the summer and after flowering, back to 4" from your main framework/stem.

Thanks Derekf and Louise, its tied in to a six ft high fence and is spread about the same width but theres a couple of feet waving about at the top ----- hope this makes sense.

Train those stems horizontally Val, flowers are produced more freely on horizontal ones anyway.

yes tie the whippy stems in horizontal. as lousie says you get more flowers that way. you also 'recloth' the trellis.

Thanks Seaburngirl.