By / MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network Editorial Team
After Typhoons Soudelor and Dujuan, Yangmingshan has seen light rain for several days, with temperatures dropping slightly. Many visitors to Yangmingshan Park, Qianshan Park, and Hushan Green Space have discovered that some plum blossoms have already bloomed, leaving many tourists puzzled.
Delicate and dainty pink plum blossoms. (Photo provided by Ming Chang Chen)
It turns out that the back-to-back typhoons not only caused many large trees to lose branches and topple over, but also led to deciduous trees such as plum blossoms and lacebark trees shedding too many leaves due to the strong winds. This affected the hormone balance within the trees, disrupting their growth cycle. Under the recent cold temperatures, flower buds on some branches have unexpectedly emerged, allowing people to see what is typically a spring sight during this late autumn and early winter season.
The air on Yangmingshan is fresh and the sky is clear, making the tiny blossoms look especially adorable. (Photo provided by Ming Chang Chen)
Plum blossoms on Yangmingshan. (Image source / Taipei City Public Works Bureau)
But this is not a normal blooming—it’s just a beautiful mistake. After the typhoons, nearly half of the plum blossom trees were damaged by strong winds, with broken branches, fallen limbs, and lost leaves. This situation is bound to affect next year’s blooming as well. Visitors are reminded that the current blooming is merely a temporary physiological response, not an early start to the flowering season. When winter arrives, the plum blossoms will still go dormant for a while, waiting for the warmth of spring next year to bloom in all their glory.
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