 Well, it's a shrub. So it's classified as a shrub. And when you're classified as a shrub, that means you have a woody stem that persists. But they are deciduous, so they always lose their leaves. And they always have to have a rest period where they can recharge so they can put their energy back into producing more flowers. So it's not like a pine tree, for example, that stays green all year long. Eventually you'll have sticks.