#i could make this even more ironic with the scene im planning ohohoho you have nooo idea

[doomed-era]

i might be wrong about this because i've just done some preliminary research but you know how mellie (botw sheikah lady) will talk about how the plum trees in her garden were planted around when she was born (iirc Impa planted them.) from the research i've done most plum trees live maybe 30-40 years on average, unless they're taken care of very well, such as in some japanese plum blossom gardens. in such cases they can apparently live to be over one hundred. chinese plums also seem to be pretty delicate trees

idk i just find it interesting that plums are seen as a symbol of tenacity (which I believe is stated in-game. this is also a real thing) when it actually requires a lot of effort to keep them alive. there probably is a reason for this, and I still need to do more research!! but it's interesting