Beginner Gardening: poppies in the snow?, 1 by Weezingreens

Weezingreens wrote:
I think Evert might be right about the birds. They'd be thrilled to find birdseed lying there for the taking! I know that most poppy heads form holes along the top as they ripen. Once the holes are formed, the seeds begin to dry. You can rattle a seed pod and hear them bouncing around. In the fall, as the wind blows, the seeds can be spread as they spill.

Of course, there is always the possibility that birds eat seeds in the snow, then spread the seeds in their droppings to germinate when the temps warm up in the spring... and with added fertilizer!