Tulips aflame

Tulips are flaring up in the devil garden now. My favorite is Tulipa acuminata aka Fire Flame tulip, on the right, a richly earned nickname.

And I'm always so happy to see the Butterbur/Devil's Hat flowers emerge (Petasites hybridus). They are super weird and cool, and are a fitting prelude to those leaves becoming absolutely enormous and gorgeous by summer.

My favorite spring leaves are these, Veratrum californicum, a poisonous/teratogenic plant, but such unusual and lovely pleating.