Rose rampage

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We went crazy a couple of years ago and put in David Austin roses in clumps of three as advised on their website.
They are doing great year three now but in the recent torrential rain they look as if someone has jumped into the middle of them and they are flat
Can I prune them now as I think the flowers are now too heavy for the stems?
It feels wrong somehow as I'll end up cutting off loads of buds.
What else can I do? Stake them maybe?
Any advise v gratefully received

Cut off the individual open blooms that are waterlogged and dragging the branches down, and leave the buds, and any that are half open. That should help. If you prune the branch off you will lose loads of flowers for the coming weeks

That sounds like a good plan I'll get on it thankyou

Tried it no difference they have just grown huge big stems that are not strong enough to support themselves
They look awful

There was an article in the weekend papers about how all the roses are producing huge heads this year due to the weather. I think that I would stake them for now. Where you have a branch that has multiple buds, pinch out some of the buds, just to reduce the weight.