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

Pistil wrote:
Seq- Greenthumb is right about the Fritillaria, I got one tiny bulb years ago, each year the clump grows a bit. The first year the flower was tiny, now they are about an inch. Easy to just walk by, unless the sun hits it just right. I planted it on a 3 foot wall so it is easier to notice.
However, the little blue one is not Blue-eyed grass. I wish I could grow them but they never make it through the winter here for me. That is Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue'. The blue is hard to capture and here are a few more photos, taken today: