Walking round the garden this morning - (putting away anything that could become airborne in the threatened Monday storm :-\) - I noticed this....
(http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4228/poppymarch082008ms7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
........a poppy in full bloom in early March is pretty stoopid, but this one is only about 3" tall! It must have heard the weather forecast!
What a wonderful surprise! Maybe the genetics of this are different and worth keeping?