These are interesting. I don't know what they're called but they look tropical.
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Somebody's little lemon tree.
KayTheCurler
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When they were growing in England we called them Red Hot Pokers.
BetteTheRed
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Agreed. And the pretty multicoloured flowers are icelandic poppies, a freely self-seeding biennial/tender perennial. But lemons in May?
Lastpointe
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Look like poppies. Not weeds
They weren't planted. They're growing wild on the side of the road on a strip of grass at the outer edge of the sidewalk along with the dandelions and clover.
Yeah. My guess is they bought the tree from a nursery, though.
Lastpointe
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Poppies grow wild. They self seed if they are perennials.
Mrs.Anteater
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The Ottawa tulip festival has a nice video on their website
Re: wild poppies - yes, they're pretty. I have no problem with them, would love to see them covering lawns everywhere, along with the little purple bell clusters that grow wild on lawns (don't know the name but they're weeds to my parents) but wouldn't wild self seeding flowers be considered weeds by some? One definition of a weed is something you don't want growing in your garden.
I got a few more but it's a cool drizzly day so I'm not as enthused about finding them and stopping, today.
I think these are cool - are they called anemones by chance?
Some I've passed, like those, are huge. They look like big tropical flowers. In many different colours and patterns too. So many flowers and gardens I didn't stop to take full notice of before.
I'm pretty sure that's a dogwood tree with the white flowers. That's BC's native flower. I wish I could get a photo with those beautiful little white butterflies (they're not moths, they have rounded wings and they're pretty and fluttery, look like flying blossoms - they always cheer me up - haven't seen monarchsyet, but I never saw those white ones in Vancouver. Lots here), almost the same shape, fluttering around a dogwood tree! Haven't been in the right place at the right time yet. Saw some fluttering around daisies and lilacs next door but didn't have my phone handy.
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Not the best photo...a bit of golden chain poking through the outside of an ordinary hedge.
BetteTheRed
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Centaurea. If you dead head them, they'll bloom twice a summer. They come in a small variety of blues/purples/lilacs; I think have one with almost a burgundy tinge.
Some special ones today. More later. Betcha nobody else saw these up close today! 
i zoomed in a bit. He's glorious and he knows it!