Could be squill

You are not gaining anything by digging them up now. I would wait for them to bloom, enjoy the flowers for the last time and dig them up after. This way you are also not risking getting by mistake rid of something what you would like to keep.

I'm hoping to be planting this Spring so I rather get them early vs trying to dig them out around plants. I had a lot of them in our old yard too and let's just say they don't bring me much joy, more like a headache since they seem to take over everything.

Whatever the bulbs are - too early to tell - there's a crown of a perennial in the center that needs to be covered with some soil.

"Most of the Bluebells that are weediest, are neither English nor Spanish: but hybrids. Such hybrids demonstrate supreme toughness, grow larger, and often set seeds. (Their botanical name is Hyacinthoides x Massartiana Geerinck 1996)"

http://arthurleej.com/a-bluebell.html

Thanks Embothrium. I loved that article and states basically how I feel about them...they can be a pleasure or a nuisance. Seems to be somewhat of a curse in our city.

Since I have so many, does anyone have any tips getting ride of them. Or just slowly but surely, dig them out each year?

And I'll be sure to cover that crown but I don't think there were any perrenials growing over here, mostly just weeds and asparagus.

Asparagus - which now that you mention it is what the exposed plant looks like - is of course a perennial plant.

If you look again at the article he discusses how to get rid of the bluebells.

Ok thanks. I did see in the article is said to dig them up. I will have to make sure I stop throwing "fresh" bulbs in our compost though.

I am assuming now would be a horrible time to transplant the asparagus crown? This area is full shade so I know they aren't thriving much here.

Here is more of them is another area...same thing right?

If they're Hyacinthoides they're coming up something like - what? - 4-5 months before their flowering time.

If you want to clear the space but would like to be sure these are something you don't want you can dig these now as clumps with intact soil around them and replant elsewhere, for additional observation.

Of course you will have to dig deep enough that you don't cut off the bulbs or roots. And - it being December - we are about to have several days of nights below freezing with days in the low 40s F. - so if you don't get it done today you may have to wait a bit.

Otherwise I don't see any daffodils in any of these shots. And if you look where there are known bluebells and see the same sprouts then you can be pretty sure these are just more of them.

"I will have to make sure I stop throwing "fresh" bulbs in our compost though."

Well, throwing fresh bulbs in the compost is the best thing you can do to have your garden full of them!

As for Asparagus, if your soil is not frozen you sure can replant it now.

Thanks I started digging them up. There are soooo many of them but it is much easier to get to now then when the perrenials starts getting leaves. Plus I noticed the bulbs are staying attached better than when I've tried in the Spring.

Whoops meant to say our yard waste bin vs compost. The city picks it up but still...

Good to know about the asparagus.

Since the bluebells are coming up earlier than usual and we haven't gotten our first freeze. Will the premature growth and then a hard freeze deter them at all do you think? Or since they are so hardy, I'll still be looking at the same usual growth?

You won't be able to count on the cold killing them

I have tons of things similar to these (sorry no photos, camera busted) and all are now about 8-10" tall. They are all Muscari armeniacum (Graph hyacinth), Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish Bluebells), and some Galanthus (Snowdrops), Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth) and Drimia maritima (Squill). They bloom in March / April and I then cut them down so they don't interfere with my larger perennials and annuals. They are getting more populous and so I may have to thin them soon. Otherwise I just leave then alone and enjoy all the blooms. I hope this helps.