Oh I love your poppies. I have alpine types blooming, the papery ones. The somnifeous (sp) are still small, maybe 2-3" tall. And I have a few orientals that persist in surviving no matter what I do. My Ninebark finally sprouted leaves and I cut away a bunch of deadwood on it. Is that what you are supposed to do? Like on a Redtwig Dogwood? Let the branches leaf out then cut down the dead branches to make way for new colorful ones?
