Perennials: Centaurea gymnocarpa 'Golchester white', 1 by DaleP6

DaleP6 wrote:
And I had given up on this one. It got knocked over during the hurricane Charley evacuation and all one side browned. But I cut them off and when I went to take this photo, I saw it was getting new shoots. But as you can see, it is droopy and getting a very unattractive shape like the previous one. I see photos of them being somewhat bushy. I wonder what would happen if I cut this one all the way back. Do you think I need to leave some stems? It just doesn't look happy!