A rambling rose question

I hard pruned a rambling rose last Autumn and this Spring it sent out a couple of long stems which I tied in. These stems have not produced flowers (though other stems have) and so I am wondering if they are, in fact, suckers :eek:

They are coming from cut-back branches, and not from the base of the plant, so I'm not sure what to do.

Any advice?

 

Ramblers usually flower on shortish stems off old wood, this years new stems should produce flower shoots next year.
On well established plants I normally cut back about one third of the main branches hard each year.

 

The other thing with ramblers is that they usually only flower once in the year, ufortunately :(

Do you know which one you have, Tiarella? My personal favourite is Felicite et Perpetue - lovely scent, and masses of blossom.

Re your suckers-or-not - if they're not coming from the base, hat is, below the union of the rootstock and scion, then it's unlikely they're suckers. I'd follow Mike's advice!

Again, usually, I cut back the shoots off the laterals to 3 buds. Short stems like that mean you get lots of blossom in a short stretch of stem - a good thing!

 

I don't know which rambler it is, Dendy, but it has white clusters of flowers. I think Mike's advice is good and will follow that.