A sampling of flower photos showing some of the diversity in this beautiful wildflower.
Seedlings are a single round leaf and, with practice, can be distinguished from grass.
I weed frequently and carefully, with forceps while on my hands and knees, much to my family's amusement. Seedlings wither as soon as they get a little bit dry, so I give them a little supplemental water, if it hasn't rained for a week, in an attempt to stretch their growing season, but stop watering by June. Through the summer, the beds might get a bit of water from adjacent beds, but I don't regularly water them. Bulbs at this age are the size of a grain of wheat. The second season, there will be 1 or 2 leaves from the bulbs.