Well, THIS season the puppies ‘pruned’ them for me - and flattened them, and chewed off stalks, etc. I’ll have to take some pictures of the damage to the landscaping around the house. Next batch of pups, I’m finding a better place for them to be raised, other than on the front porch!
I know the Peony and the Hosta and Ferns and all the other stuff will come back, though!
So, yes, you can deadhead them as you would any other messy perennial. Keep the leaf mass though, of course! :)
THANKS I am headed out now to work a bit, it will be 80 today.I am going to cut them back just the head stalks. This year for the first time ever I had some late blooms about 5 of them.