It's fine to just break the flower off if you want the plant to get bigger. If the plant is getting too tall or sprawly, take as much stem as you think appropriate-- a foot or even two feet. Cut just above a leaf. if the plant is young and weak, just take the flower, even if the stems are floppy.

That's all there is to it.

This post was edited by michaelg on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 13:15

Easy thank you for explaining it. Big help.:)

For the most part I just snap off the head too. Even if you cut further down, like to the first 5 leaf set, the plant will decide where it wants to grow from and won't necessarily use the point you chose. Like Michael said, dead heading is good time to prune for shape and size if needed and will usually promote new growth.

I snap off the flower ( breaks at vulnerable spot ) and wait for the remaining green stem to die off, usually to the next leaflet. When that is dead I snap that off. Some roses are harder to snap off than others so I nip those. Deadheading is different than pruning.

ok thank you everone for the greet advice.