Tulip Tree

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I’d seen these trees for years, but this is the first one I’d ever seen in bloom–I finally understood where it got its name from.

Greenwood Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hot Poker

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Wikipedia tells us besides “red hot poker” the plant is also called “torch lily” and “tritoma,” but its Latin buddies call it Kniphofia

Oakland, California