I'm in Chicago too, or at least within a few blocks of it, and I'm spending my mornings like that too--"oh look! It's the Dutchman's Breeches, and it has the beginnings of a tiny flower--I forgot I planted that!"

As to the daffodils, you can move them even when they're green, like now, if you're careful. I have really sandy soil, so it's not that hard for me. You just have to be willing to dig deep and carefully, just like transplanting almost anything else. I almost prefer doing it in the spring, before I have the opportunity to forget where they are. I wouldn't do it if they were budded up and a couple of days away from blooming, but I wouldn't hesitate if they were just a couple of inches out of the ground.

Of course, that all assumes you have another bed you want to transplant them to. If your plan was basically to yank them and not replant again until fall, I'd wait as long as humanly possible before taking them out.

Dutchman's Breeches? Wow. I would have loved to see it! I planted a few years ago, but they did not grow.

I am wondering about one of my Bleeding Heart, though. Where IS IT? Should I start to worry? The other one is already 2-3" tall, but there's no sign of the other. Wonder if it's hidden under all the mulch that I piled up on the bed last year.

I understand your excitement. I have been out everyday until dark to check what's coming up. When I see the red shoots of Peonies all I can think of is: wouldn't it be nice if I can get some wild primroses to plant on top of the peony or right next to it? I saw a picture of this combination in a Christopher Lloyd's book and have been looking for wild primroses ever since.

I have been moving several bulbs including Daffodils. Yeah. I second dirt's suggestion. I move mine when I feel like it and when I still have time. Later on they'll be too tall and flop after transplant. I'll be too busy to move existing stuffs anyway.

Happy spring time. I love to watch those tiny shoots unfurl too. It's a joy to watch them pop up where nothing was there a day or two ago. :-)

My bleeding hearts are still less than an inch out, so yours are probably still coming, although I'm thinking you're farther away from the lake than me (Morton Grove). I can't remember if the one I planted last fall was white or pink. I can't stand the suspense . . . I know it's good to keep journals, but I kind of like the element of surprise.

We did end up moving some other daffodils while I was putting in my brick edging day before yesterday and they seem to be doing fine. Since I'm not putting in the roses for a while though, I guess I'll let the rest of them bloom for now. It sounds like they're not too delicate. And the weather is turning yucky again.

I need to unbury the poor peonies. I love those red sprouts. My catmint & veronica are coming up too. I warned the neighbor boy that I'll be out in my yard talking to the plants a lot now. He doesn't think it's weird (at least he says he doesn't).

Pitimpinai--you remind me, what do you plant with peonies that blooms after them? I have a good 7 feet of peonies only. It's beautiful when they're blooming and the leaves are pretty, but some later color would sure be nice too. I think they're old plants, and they're between a fence and landscaping timbers, so it has to be something that shares space well I think.

What can be planted to follow Peonies? Good question. Maybe annuals will look good and easy to grow with Peonies. They won't disturb P.'s roots much. If I had room like that I think I'd plant petunias. I loved the Petunia that I Winter Sowed last year, so this winter I sowed a huge collection of Petunia. They've germinated already. I can't wait until May to plant them out. I am too cheap to buy flats of annuals, so I sow them myself.

If there is space between the clumps, you can add Lily bulbs, They'll bloom in June or July or August, depending on the type. Asiatic will bloom first followed by trumpet & some species, then Oriental then Orientpet. My Orange Tiger (Tigrinum splendens) blooms in late July, speciosum 'Rubrum' blooms at the beginning of August, I think.