Everybody was right about mine being OK. I left the leaves on until the end of Feb. and then I trimmed them off. The leaves were crispy and brittle but the stems were gooey and slimey. but I trimmed them where Ray suggested in one of the photo's earlier in this thread and here is what they look like today.
Have I waited to long to cut one of the pups off and transplant it in another section of my yard?