Wild roses typically bloom in June and July, and go dormant when temperatures drop in the fall and winter.
Wild roses usually bloom in May and June, but warm fall temperatures may have signaled roses in Fairbanks to bloom later than usual.
Fairbanks rose bush blooming in early September, 2017.
Prickly rose plant is blooming when others have gone to hips.
An afterschool club have been monitoring rosehips and found this late-blooming flower.