One of the first flowers to poke its head up out of the snow is the snowdrop.

This is a great little flower with a white drooping head.  Wildlife will leave this little bulb alone.

It truly dislikes the heat so it will go dormant by late-spring when the temperatures start to rise.  Just keep it watered until it reabsorbs the nutrients from its dying leaves.

Plant them where they will be shaded from the sun.  It works well to plant it with other perennials that die back to the ground in winter.  The snowdrops will bloom and be gone by the time the other perennials regrow and they will shade the snowdrops from the heat of the summer sun.

They spread slowly from little side bulbs that grow underground.  When the clumps get too large, they can be dug up and split them just when the flowers are starting to die but the leaves are still green.

These make nice cut flowers despite their tiny size.

Enjoy them while you can.