Winter aconites

[Palustris]

And they smell nice too!

[Kew]

I can see a smile there, what a nice sight.

[ideasguy]

That is a very nice plant indeed. I dont have that one yet, but Ive read a lot about them.
Do they come back reliably each year? Do they spread?
It looks good with your snowdrops! I think they would be nice among my blue Anemone blandas - I have one single pale blue bloom at present (just outside my french windows) but I did some weeding around the patch at the weekend and see they are coming up well.
The freezing fog conditions we are "enjoying" at present will put them back a few more days, I expect.

[Palustris]

They are native plants and so quite used to the vagaries of British weather. If they like your garden then they will spread like ground elder or couch. My son in Cambridgeshire has to weed them out of almost everywhere in his garden. If you do plant to try them, do not waste your time with the dried bulbs sold in shops, they are dead. Either beg some from a friend or buy in the green.

[ideasguy]

I have one yellow flower just like your Aconites, and it is spreading everywhere. In fact, I though it was a weed, because I never planted it. It has very pretty flowers, makes a mat and has shiny leaves. Never noticed any scent though.
 
I'll compare the leaves to yours at the weekend (it dark leaving and returning these days!)

[Palustris]

Could well be an early Lesser celandine. They are weeds in the sense of plants growing where one does not want them, but I LIKE Celandines and so unless they are really choking something I tend  to leave them alone. They will have flowered and disappeared by the end of March.

[ideasguy]

Yes, that looks like it!
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/rafi1.htm
The Least wanted!
Mind you, it gives a great show - bit I absolutely hate invasive plants.

After all that, I''ve renewed my interest in Erics Aconites.