Beautiful flowers totoro, mine grew like that also. I have no advice as mine was not cane hardy here. So not much I could do about the growth habit.

So lovely! I wish she grew for me. I've tried her 3x and she just wont grow for me. :(

What I do for floppers like this is put a green wire fence loop around the canes to hold them upright and then in can flop over the top of that "cage" without crowding the roses in front of it. In this case, I'd go to Home Depot or Lowes and buy a roll of 5' green wire fencing, cut it into a circle big enough to comfortably go around the canes, and then hook the ends of the fencing to each other on the far side and use earth staples to keep it in the ground.
Works for me with a minimum of effort. I also use this for climbers that I'm too lazy to put up a structure to officially climb on.
Cynthia

OK so I staked a main branch and pegged another. Now Distant Drums can get some air flow and light. Let's see how long this holds up.

Thanks everyone for advice. I am trying to grow Jude as a bush but mine seems to be a flopper.

Well that flimsy stick I used to stake Jude did not stay up after a short rain. I think I will try Cynthia's idea about about a wire fence. Also I will prune back more when I dead head. Maybe that will give it time and impetus to generate thicker canes.

This is very interesting to me as I find my Jude too stiff. Mine is a two year old plant but it is very stiff. It send tall upright thick stems and bloom at the top. Originally I was trying to grow it as a climber but it canes wouldn't budge. I guess because I live in a colder zone, I had to prune the bush more than others who live in a warmer zone. The exception would be this year for me as most of the canes has survived the mild winter. I don't really mind floppy austins at the back of my garden. I do love the sprawling cascading look that Nanadoll/Diane has in her garden. Just stunning!

My Jude is in its 13th year, but survived our horrendous winter this year with a lot of damage. The Brother Cadfael next to Jude had no damage at all. What a difference in cold resistance. Diane Thanks, jjpeace, so much. Jude's not looking so hot right now.

My Jude is doing the arching thing and I think its charming. I like the natural flowy look to it. Yours is really pretty.

Big tomato cage works.

Jude looks charming

Jjpeace, the first 2 years my Jude was upright too, only blooming at top of 3 ft high canes. This 3rd year is the first time such long canes grew started to arch forward. This is the most blooms I have seen and they were along these new long growth. So maybe when yours is larger the canes will arch.

Lady of Shalott grew long arching stems for me in its first year (own root bare root from DA)

Jude started to grow new laterals in the back which may help to balance it out.

Thanks totoro, it is good to know. I will see what mine does this year since it will be in its third year and most of the canes has survived the winter.

I did some pruning when I cut Jude's flowers before the storm so it is arching a little higher now and no longer cramping Distant Drums (which is the last to bloom in my garden).

Hope this also allows the new shoots to get some more light.

In my garden, Jude does not seem to get enough light - has weak shoots that want to dip and plunge over. Still it bloomed fairly well in May. It is recovering right now and I hope the fertilizer causes more blooms in the second blooming. My observation with Jude is the extremely fast petal drop. The ground is covered after one day it seems. Sometimes I can hardly get one off the bush before it drops petals.

Yes, I wish it held its petals better. That Is the biggest drawback of Jude. But everyone who sniffs all my fragrant roses thinks this smells the best. Peach mixed with lychees. I wish I could find more roses that smell of lychees. pink enchantment smelled of peach to me.