This gives you a little sense of what you can have in early spring in Chicagoland. Clockwise from the little house — hellebores, tommies (crocus tommasinus) by the base of the tree, dark purple crocuses and snowdrops near the top right, blue scilla top right corner and scattered about (they’re very small), heuchera leaves emerging, hellebore, hellebore, snowdrops.
Now, if I just had twice as much of everything, it would look properly splendid. Still, nice to actually have flowers — most of Oak Park only has grass going right now.