No wonder I often confuse the colors of blossoms on individual flowering trees.

_(And I will probably repeat this sentence again in a few days when I show you the blossoms of the various flowering trees and shrubs I photographed so far.)_

Because nature does not yield to human logic. It has its own logic and cannot follow human psychological dependencies and interconnections.

What I show you in these pictures is Prunus 'Kanzan'. This is a cultivar.

But if someone asks the question: "what color are the cherry tree blossoms", what's the first answer that comes to mind?

Obviously, the first thing that comes to mind is the color pink. Right?

Because this is the human logical causation: cherries are mostly red.

It is normal for the color of their blossoms to be red too. Or at least pink.

But the truth is that the blossoms of cherry trees are very different. Most are white (just like the blossoms of the cherry tree in our garden). And some are even yellow. I read that there are even blossoms with green color.

But because we are used to seeing this Kanzan cultivar most often, we associate cherry blossoms with pink.

Do you see how wrong human logic is? 🤭 * * * Copyright: @soulsdetour * * *


	Soul's Detour is a project started by me years ago when I had a blog about historical and not so popular tourist destinations in Eastern Belgium, West Germany and Luxembourg. Nowadays, this blog no longer exists, but I'm still here - passionate about architecture, art and mysteries and eager to share my discoveries and point of view with you.

Nature has its own logic