Red phoenix flowers 'light up' Hanoi's streets

TPO - These days, royal poinciana flowers are "lighting up" many streets, interspersed with the purple color of Lagerstroemia flowers, adding brilliant colors to the capital in the early days of summer.

Royal poinciana flowers dyed the streets of Hanoi red.

When the cicadas begin to chirp, signaling the arrival of summer, it is also the time when royal poinciana flowers begin to bloom brilliantly. Along the To Lich riverside route, starting from Giap Nhat, Nguyen Ngoc Vu, Nguyen Khang streets... stretching nearly ten kilometers, they begin to be dyed bright red by royal poinciana flowers.

Royal poinciana is also known as western xoan or diep tay. The petals of the royal poinciana are large, with four spreading orange-red petals, and the fifth petal grows straight, speckled with white. Royal poinciana flowers bloom in clusters, from May to mid-September every year.

Royal poinciana flowers "bloom brightly" all over the schoolyard and on many streets of the capital, signaling the exam season and farewell season for students.

The royal poinciana tree is tall and has a wide canopy, providing shade for many people to "avoid the sun" on hot summer days.

As Hanoi prepares to enter a severe heat wave, royal poinciana flowers are blooming in brilliant clusters, showing off their colors all over the streets of the capital.

Nguyen Trong Tai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/hoa-phuong-do-thap-lua-pho-phuong-ha-noi-post1635898.tpo