Autumn colors have been quite delayed this year, maybe ten days to two weeks later than "usual"
Wild roses typically bloom in June and July, and go dormant when temperatures drop in the fall and winter.
During a summer of unusually warm temperatures, highbush cranberries (Viburnum edule) are blooming, using buds that would have normally bloomed next spring.
Front page of the Daily News-Miner documents a late blooming rose during a colder than average August.