Shade Gardening: 4 sure signs of spring, 1 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
Congratulations, Cindy. At long last...

Alas, I was out of town last weekend.
While I was gone, some varmint devoured my weird yellow-flowered corydalis.
I hope it recovers, but presently there's no sign of where it was whatsoever...

Here's a sampling of some others blooming this weekend:
#1 Bluets (houstonia caerulea)
#2 A hybrid erythronium from Collector's nursery.
#3 Corydalis angustifolia Talish Dawn.
#4 is a strange variety of scilla, Scilla hohenackeri. A little taller w/ pendant flowers.