Years ago my wife planted these little flowers around the front yard. They bloom and we have some color in the yard before everything else comes up. Then they are done and gone before I mow. The crazy thing is that we tore up the old grass and put down new sod about 4 years ago but these still come up and they're propagating too... The first shot shows some nice blooms plus off to the right is another one coming up:



But they're very tiny. Here's a reference shot:





Anyone know the name of these?

puschkinia
maybe scilla

I believe they ARE scilla.

[krokusonline.seven49.net]

Not Crocus

nice!

I'd recommend delaying mowing as long as you can / until the leaves yellow on the bulbs so they get a good start for next year.

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billb
puschkinia

^^This.^^