Backing up a bit - since MOLES are insect eaters I doubt anything you plant will deter them, they are after the grubs and worms in your soil and not your bulbs. VOLES are plant eaters and can do a ton of damage in very short time to your garden. Getting rid of them is an on-going battle. There a million ways to control their populations and you pretty much have to try each one til you find the one that works best for you. Keep in mind that there are lots of lists out there that claim to be deer-proof plants or pest-proof plants and plenty of people on this very forum have commented in the past about how the deer or rodents did in some of these same "proof" plants. What works in one yard may not work for you. Voles don't read these lists so they have no idea they aren't supposed to be eating certain things. Again I plea for a government sponsored literacy program for animals,,, we can send a man to the moon, can't we teach a rat to read???? Over the years I have come to the conclusion that no matter what I do I am gonna spend money on more plants. Whether I have the space, the money, the skill, seems to play no part in this decision. I buy plants all year long from every vendor available - I have no control over this addiction. Therefore, it really doesn't matter how many plants the voles eat, for I will be replacing them anyway. My yard has a vole problem. It is most evident in the early spring before the snakes have woken up from winter. Once the weather gets reliably warm the snakes seem to keep things under control. I help out the snakes by building little snake restaurants around the yard wherever I see vole damage. I build them by sinking an open plastic bucket into the ground up to the rim. I place some sticks or small boards over the top and then cover with either the lid to the bucket or a small sheet of plywood. Voles and all sorts of wildlife stumble into these pit traps where I have placed pieces of apple and stale bread for them to eat while they wait for the snakes to show up. The snakes can climb in and out of the bucket without and difficulty.

I have not had good luck with doubles. Had White Medal, whose buds only opened one year: the other years they just dried up. After half a dozen years I pulled them up and threw them out. I have that looks like Tahiti now: but I noticed today that most of the buds were dried out on that one too. Maybe it is just a Tahiti look-alike...it was from a big box store. I have one (one!) solid yellow double left from an assortment from either Lowe's or Home Depot. All the others fizzled and died after a year or two. From now on, I will only try doubles sourced from a reliable company. The smaller doubles, on the other hand, like Cheerfulness and Bridal Crown, have been reliable and trouble free. They don't falI over, either. I don't think the smaller doubles shown in the OP's photo are Cheerfulness. The perianth is smaller on Cheerfulness. Easy to find and reliable: I like that!

Would you want to trade for some of these? Mid-spring blooming. Multiple mini blooms on each stem. A natural bouquet effect. I'm in zone 5 so they'd do well in your zone. I don't know their variety name--sorry. Heidi I took this picture a few days ago.

Sorry to hear they are not doing well. As long as he got the entire bulb and watered them in well, they should be fine for next year. I'm wondering if he dug a bit shallow and they are recovering their roots? I moved some around for next year and took a picture. They are sulking in the sun but I expect them to perk up with the big drink of water I gave them. Ideally, you should have a big clump of dirt all around (not see the bulb like here, but I was digging his neighbor and dividing) so as not to disturb the roots.