"Glory of the Snow"? More like Lost in the Shadows!

I'm new to all this, but I thought inter-planting chionodoxa and daffodils would work well, with the former coming up nice and early, as their nickname suggests, followed by the latter. Worked like a charm with my crested iris-daff combo (beginners luck?). But the chionodoxa didn't come up at all -- I thought maybe they just rotted out or something -- until now. There's a subtle smattering of them just starting to emerge. So much for "succession planting."

You might think: Better late than never, right? Not really. Since they're in and around the base of the yet-to-bloom daffs ($%#@! temperatures), you can hardly see them at all. Not exactly the blanket I envisioned. Did I do something wrong? I don't really see undoing it -- unless someone's got some great ideas, I can't imagine going around plucking them out with tweezers. But it seems like there might be a wasted opportunity or miscalculation in here somewhere.

Ideas? Thanks!

Fred