Spring bulbs coming up in ... September!?

I have a couple of troughs which I planted with Spring bulbs when I moved here 2 years ago and they duly flowered, in Spring, both times.

I was watering those troughs yesterday evening and I noticed .... growth!!!

What on earth are they playing at?
Has anyone else noticed any green shoots from their bulbs?

 

Yes got a few coming up and we've got Viburum tinus flowering, daff's out for Christmas

 

Thank you.

 

Let's be honest, the summer has been cold enough that they think that it must now be spring!

 

Must be the hottest Spring on record lonk we've had heat wave conditions here
Ah well, stoopid bulbs need to go back to school and re-take Biology

 

Ooh do you think we'll have weird weather again this winter? Nothing showing here though

 

Looks like some people might be getting a pear harvest at Christmas http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/confused-pear-tree-and-me.115836/#post-1047353

Some years I've picked strawberries and blackberries around Christmas.

 

Crikey!!
Someone been having a fiddle with Mother Nature when she wasn't looking do you think?

 

Nope, she's messing with us

 

Miserable cold summer as far as I'm concerned.
What heatwave? The best that I saw was 28°c over the last few days. I have a few Salvia that have just said sod it for the year and will not be blooming.

 

Don't forget that a lot of it is down to day length hours, nowt to do with temperature.

That's why you can now buy Autumn flowering Wallflowers, Polyanthus, Stocks and Sweet Williams

PS, I've got Muscari coming up and Alyssum, Aubrieta and Kerria flowering.

 

Ah, you should have been down here

 

Hi Longk,
Move about 40 miles Northwest. We've had rain ( or something a bit less, like pigeon wee ) on only 8 days from April right through to last week.
As for temperatures, nowt below 24 deg.

 

Hi Anthony,
Move about 40 miles southeast and find out what a real winter's about

 

Nah thanks,

I like having Fuchsias ( besides Winter flowering ones ) flowering in January and picking Roses for Christmas