Dear Hortense Hoelove: Horticultural Senility?

Tulipa humilis 'Eastern Star'
Someone left a question for Hortense Hoelove on my Facebook page. Hortense has agreed to answer it.

Dear Hortense Hoelove,

"How does one overcome a persistent case of horticultural senility? This condition seems to manifest itself in 1 of 2 ways. Often I see snowdrops, crocus, and early iris blooming in my neighbor's yard, and I determine to plant the same