Carolina Gardening: Well this is the darndest thing!, 1 by DebinSC

DebinSC wrote:
Came home this evening and looked up at the clouds as I was coming up the walk, and I saw this.
The tulip magnolia has blooms??? How very weird. It bloomed really nicely in the spring and has been developing the little fuzzy buds for next year. As you can see, some of the leaves are already yellowing and dropping. But there they are! About a dozen blooms.

Whattaya think? Maybe some buds that were brought to a halt by the drought in late spring and have now come to life with more rain?
Deb
(Lousy photo, but the sky was just white and the blooms are at the top of the tree.)