I have several old-fashioned rambler roses that came with my house... who knows how old they are; I've lived here for 20 years and they were obviously mature even that long ago. They are growing along the back wall of the garage - about four of them - and they pretty much have swallowed the entire wall, all the way up to the roof. You'd never know it, but there are four trellises behind them. The roses, though, have reached out about four feet from the wall. I've procrastinated on pruning them (again) because it's, well, a rather unpleasant and prickly job.
Anybody else out there growing rambler roses? How do YOU deal with their... uh... exuberant growth? Do you prune them every year?