Hi All - I love the poppies that I have in my front border…….. up until they finish blooming - but they sure look awful after they finish. The foliage sprawls, and starts turning yellow in the center. Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to tidy up that mess?

My Siberian iris get tied into sheaths, but I don't know if I can get away with that with poppies. I usually end up cutting them back somewhat, but I am not sure thats so good for them either.

I cut mine back hard when they look ratty. Usually they will put on some shorter basal growth but no reblooms.

@bonehead - Thanks - I wasn't sure if I could get away with that.

If I continue to remove the stocks of the dead ones, mine continue to flower for months!

I will have to try that next season. Do you have the oriental or opium variety? Mine are oriental.

Oriental. They come back, year after year, so faithfully. They are cheerful, when nothing else is blooming yet.