Not an expert, but you want the branches to grow away from the main stalk well enough so that the blooms are not clumped together too close. The number of branches of course will affect the number of buds. It's best of 2 or 3 blooms are open at a time. This stalk of Color Capers is a good example, it has 3 branches each with a double socket, and a terminal bud that has a triple socket giving it 9 buds.
