Well, I think you've done a great job with the pruning... it's not a good idea to have two thick canes rubbing together but in this case there's not much you can do now so best leave it, likewise the dead looking trunk at the back... a fussy person would saw that off, if it's easy to get to without damaging the other trunks, otherwise don't bother...
...perhaps when it blooms you can post photos so we can take a guess as to which rose it might be...the bases of roses are their ugliest parts - I try to cover mine when possible, and yours is rather a weird shape and not aesthetically attractive right now, but as you've gone to such trouble with the pruning you might as well hold on to it and see how it goes...
The central (graft?) stem appears to be dead. The two outer stems appear healthy. The right-hand one splits into two with one arm appearing to be dead. You can see that better in the pic below.
Where the two healthy stems meet up at the top there is plenty of 'play' to allow me to separate them as suggested by a couple of folks on here.
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Well, I think you've done a great job with the pruning... it's not a good idea to have two thick canes rubbing together but in this case there's not much you can do now so best leave it, likewise the dead looking trunk at the back... a fussy person would saw that off, if it's easy to get to without damaging the other trunks, otherwise don't bother...
...perhaps when it blooms you can post photos so we can take a guess as to which rose it might be...the bases of roses are their ugliest parts - I try to cover mine when possible, and yours is rather a weird shape and not aesthetically attractive right now, but as you've gone to such trouble with the pruning you might as well hold on to it and see how it goes...
...good work !
Is there any chance of untying those two stems and attaching them separately? They shouldn't really rub against each other.
Can you take a picture of this so called graft Dave. I'm still not convinced that a total renovation isn't in order.
Here you go Dave.
The central (graft?) stem appears to be dead. The two outer stems appear healthy. The right-hand one splits into two with one arm appearing to be dead. You can see that better in the pic below.
Where the two healthy stems meet up at the top there is plenty of 'play' to allow me to separate them as suggested by a couple of folks on here.
Oops, not sure why the images rotated ?!
The graft is normally at ground level, but those photos aren't at ground level as there appears to be a shrub at the bottom.
I still think your rose, especially now you've confirmed it, got too dry in the summer.