Fall Buds

It always amazes me that some plants grow their buds in the fall.  It seems a little backward.  Those little buds have to survive the long cold winter!  Above is my Japanese pieris 'Purity'.  Azaleas, my miniature rhodo and a few heathers are also full of buds.  And then there's the oddities - like my 'America' Asiatic lilies that are all developing buds in October.