confused

Apparently some lilacs can get confused and do a second blooming if early autumn feels enough like their spring triggers–warm days, cool nights, and similar amounts of daylight hours. There are varieties of lilacs that are designed to bloom twice a year like this, they are called boomerang lilacs. But boomerang lilacs will get a full blush of autumn blooms. This befuddled bush had just a few stray blossoms. I know it’s not a bommerang varietal because I know the plant from which I took it. It’s on my block, and I have only seen it like this one other time in the 20 years I have lived here.

confused lilac bloom in mid-September