What spring-flowering bulbs will thrive in wet summers?

I have a spot in my yard where some giant hostas live. It think that would be a great area for spring-flowering bulbs. While shady in the summer, it is sunny in the spring, and the hostas should hide the dying foliage from the bulbs.

However, because of the configuration of my yard, this spot collects a lot of water when I water the yard in the summer. It isn't constantly wet -- like a stream bed -- but in the heart of the summer I do water a couple times a week.

I know many spring-flowering bulbs rot if they get too much water in the summer.

I am looking for bulbs that will naturalize -- I don't want to replant each year.

Do you have any suggestions for what might thrive and naturalize under these conditions?

I have read Leucojums (Summer snowflakes - like "Gravetye Giant") will do well in wet spots. I planted some myself in an area of my yard that can remain boggy. They're related to daffodils and the bulbs look very much like narcissus bulbs but the flowers are distinctly different///little white pendant flowers with green dots. I would try those.

Thanks, Steve!

happy, there are some daffodil varieties that tolerate summer moisture. At my last home there were lots of naturalized N.pseudonarcissus in moist, low lying areas and along the stream banks. Spanish bluebells (wood hyacinth), some Anemones, and Frittilaria meleagris tolerate moist conditions too.

Thanks! I had read bluebells before, and thought of Virginia bluebells, but I bet it is wood hyacinth they were intending. The problem is that this area isn't consistently moist, but it does get really wet when we water.

Virginia bluebells would do well too. I love those!

Oh good!!!! I thought they'd be nice around hosta, since they will start to fade when the hostas get big enough to cover them.

I'll add Fritillaria camschatensis to the list. Although barring the moisture that it needs, it can still be a somewhat picky grower otherwise too. You may now find the Leucojum under its "newly" assigned genus: Acis. Most grow naturally in constantly moist or wet meadows. Same with F. camschatensis.

On a side note, perhaps you could somehow change your watering practices so there is not so much run off.

Leftwood -- re watering practices -- I completely agree that I should change my watering practices. However, my yard is a major slope, and no matter what I do, water tends to run off towards the area where I want to plant the bulbs. It also does that in a big way when it rains.