And you're not leaving anything behind. You're really just cutting it back. And look how much has grown. It also looks like maybe when the flower heads are out here it may need a little staking, especially after a heavy rain. The flower heads are a bit heavy and they do tend to flop over.
Some people do stake it or put cages around it for support.
But, it's an absolutely wonderful landscape plant for summer flowers. What a great thing to have looking out your window. Let's take a look at one last one. Laura, this is beautiful. This is the bottlebrush buckeye.