It's good.
Nik

New canes coming from the base or ground are called basal canes and they are a very good thing. Let them grow and they will each have more side branches (called laterals) that will produce blooms. The more canes and laterals, the more blooms! You can prune off some of the small lateral canes that start to grow in toward the center of the plant to keep it open and airy inside. This helps the leaves dry faster and slows down fungal diseases somewhat. And if any canes grow so that they cross and rub each other you can take out one of the two and leave the other. Rubbing canes can cause damage that can let disease in too. As the plant gets older and more mature you can take out one or two of the oldest canes to allow the plant to regenerate with newer younger ones. But with such a young plant you shouldn't have to do that for many years yet.

What a clever idea, Jackie! I'd never heard of that one before.

Thank you everyone! I had heard of basal canes, but no website I read it on really told me what they were (sort of a "you have to know what it is to understand this" thing). It's nice to know that my rose is doing the healthy thing and not something I need to correct.

Seil - that is a trick I was taught by my FIL 25 years ago. He was 76 at that time and grew up in our house, and had been taking care of the garden for 20+ years at that point. I was so ignorant - he walked me all over the garden and told me what each plant was, and who planted it (some had been planted by his grandparents). I usually use rose prunings that are dead to hold the canes apart - those are very strong. It works perfectly if they have branching at each end that you can cut down so that there is something to hold the cane.

Jackie

I envy you Jackie. I wish I'd inherited more garden and less silver and china.

Oh, how wonderful for you, Jackie! I got my love of roses handed down from my Grandmother to my Mother to me and I'm so grateful for it.