Newly Planted Rose help.

Hi Scotty, being the rose has been only a month in the ground I would not prune it until it has shown definite growth of some length.

No, from what I can see it looks okay and there's more leaf than stems. To be honest, I think you're probably being a bit hasty in trying to do things with the Rose such as training, that will come when you get a good idea from the stems having some length. At the moment I would leave the Rose alone apart from watering it and giving it a weekly feed of say, Miracle Gro or Tomato Feed.

 

As Ricky says........

that's the key, Scotty, "if it settles in". The Rose has only been in the ground for a month and so needs to put roots down so, sorry to disappoint you, it could be next year before it decides to put any real new growth on as regards stems. Let the Rose do it's thing, leave it alone and try not to do anything to it, some times the best things are worth waiting for so let Nature do it's stuff.