Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER 2015, 3 by Muddy1

Muddy1 wrote:
#1 My Hamamelis virginiana (Common Witch Hazel) are blooming! I expected them to bloom in winter after the leaves fell.

#2 Aronia (Chokeberry) with lots of berries. I don't know whether this one is Aronia melanocarpa or arbutifolia; I have to wait and see whether the berries darken.
As a side note, my Aronia arbutifolia cultivar, 'Brilliantissima', has zero berries this year : - (
I don't get it...maybe it needs another 'Brilliantissima' for cross-pollination?!

#3 From the top down: Hamamelis vernalis (Ozark Witch Hazel), a NOID small white-flowered Aster and Solidago caesia (Blue Stem Goldenrod).