Bulbs: Surprise from fall planted bulbs, 2 by BetNC

BetNC wrote:
Made me look! LOL

My alliums and muscari are still slumbering. . . BUT . . . the day after Christmas, my crocus was sprouting (some even so much that there were patches of 3" fine grass) and there were blooms on one of my Lenten Roses (also 2 months early).

I, too, wonder about the crocus. I expect their above ground growth to vanish with frost/snow, but will the bulbs then die, having futily expended their stored energy without being able to replenish it for next year's blooms.

Photo #1: Hellebore variety Ice Follies in my side flower bed
Photo #2: crocus section of the same flower bed