Trumpet Plant

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A rare sight indeed, a flowering of the Trumpet plant as the young trumpets let loose their first paaaaarrrppp into an exciting new world.

Or is it the Upside Bell Tree.
''Eucalyptus fasciculosa'', the pink gum, hill gum or scrub gum
Wellington, New Zealand

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