"With continued unseasonably warm temps the first Leucojum vernum ssp carpaticum are up and blooming. These often emerge from the ground with the flower in the foremost....Also emerging are L. 'Gertrude Wister' also flower first, yet not quite open." Hi Jim: This seems like the ideal moment to trot out this quote from Gertrude Wister: "The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." True dat. Jonathan Knisely New Haven, CT USDA 6a, now 7 (?!)