Out of season wild Flowers

It is said that summer has arrived when you are able to cover twelve daisy flowers with your foot. Yesterday, I was able to cover four such flowers, so, does that mean that summer is on its way? There are many other instances of unseasonal flowers but perhaps the most surprising one I have seen recently was a wild canterbury bell. These usually flower in the late summer along the Pilgrims Way near where I live, (which also explains the origins of their name). The exceptionally mild autumn has been the cause of this. To date, we have had just two nights with frost and even that was not severe. It does leave you wondering what this will hold for the prospects of these plants flowering normally come the spring and summer.