My Favorite Misnomer

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Spring has sprung and one of the many joys of the season is the blossoming of the "redbud" trees.

I suggest you take a quick look at the color wheel that follows.

If one moves the color wheel from 12:00 (red) counterclockwise toward 7:30 (blue), one will find the color of a “redbud” blossom somewhere near 10:00. To my eyes, that color is somewhere between Deep Cerise and Byzantine.

According to the National Audubon Society "Field Guide to Trees", the Eastern Redbud is "very showy in early spring, when the leafless twigs are covered with masses of pink flowers, Eastern Redbud is often planted as an ornamental. The flowers can be eaten as a salad, or fried."

Cheers to my favorite misnomer!

CPW