I noticed the other day that our Lilac bushes are blooming. In October.
Did a little searching, and it's a thing.
When the plants are under stress.
We have had a fairly moderate summer and fall here in the Mid Atlantic region. Some heavy rain, but not dry and not too hot and still no frost.
Hmmm. We have been having die off's in several different types of trees. We lost a Tulip Magnolia two years ago. It just died.
This past season we lost a Dogwood. It hadn't been looking good, but it bloomed in the spring and then proceeded to wither away.
Now the Lilacs are looking kind of dead around the edges. right click and open in another tab for the full sized

Bonus fall color shot

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