QNS - I pruned our fruit trees last month. My roses, I tend to cut back to about 10". I like them to be compact and not too high! Some tend to get a lot taller than others, just by their nature. I have 31 rose bushes (can you tell I love them), 12 on one side of the front yard, and 19 on the driveway side. I use to be able to prune them all in one day, now I have to take them in sections, my back cannot take it after a while, so I break it up into several days sessions. It is the pits getting older!