I was stunned to see this common fall flower in a state of FGB (full, glorious bloom) today, June 8th (!) on a roadside in Marshall County, Indiana. I noticed a lot of closed flowers, and I have to wonder if any of them were open during the month of May!! I don't have records but I believe Aster novae-angliae normally begins flowering in August or September.
I've seen this as well as Symphyotrichum laeve and Symphyotrichum patens already in bloom here in Ohio. It's been a crazy year!
ReplyDeleteI've been told that there are individual plants in that species that will flower now, while the majority of the population wait until summer is pretty much over.
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