With the recent warm spell, aconite, crocus, snowdrops and hellebores are springing forth in all their lovely glory. I do hope you’ve had a chance to glimpse the early risers up close and personal. They are so fleeting we have to make the effort to appreciate them before they fade away or get zapped by freezing temps.
The squirrels found and ate all the snowdrop bulbs I planted last fall, but they did let my “tommy” crocus alone. Crocus tommasinianus are the only crocus species that squirrels are not as likely to dig up, so I didn’t even attempt others. I learned the hard way years ago that trying to grow crocus with squirrels around is a losing combination — for me, that is.