The weather this year has been peculiar. High summer happened in April and May. Then we had some cooler, even chilly, and wet weeks. Some of the plants seem to have thought they'd had winter, so then it must surely be spring. Some of my apple trees started flowering again in September.
Now, almost at the end of October, the leaves on the blackberry vines are turning their autumn colours, and there is still-red fruit which will never get the chance to ripen:
But on a nearby branch there are new 'spring' flowers appearing, which will never get the chance to set fruit:
Elsewhere in the garden, seeds from this year's Cerinthe major purpurascens have already germinated and flowered, which "shouldn't" happen until next spring:
And in the front garden, which gets the morning sun, a primrose is striving to flower in the blustery wetness of autumn:
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