Daily Postcard: A Chinese flame tree and it’s unique seed capsules spotted on an early morning walk Wednesday in White Rock. The highly visible Chinese flame tree, often used as a shade, street or specimen tree, blooms in early summer with showy upright clusters of bright yellow fragrant flowers. But the flame tree, Koelreuteria bipinnata, is best known for what follows: Its fall display of seed capsules–clusters of two-inch long papery husks resembling little Chinese lanterns, which are perfect for dried flower arrangements. Its branches are so dazzling in September and October that from a distance observers mistake them for leaves–only the tree’s leaves remain green, further offsetting the fall color of its seed capsules. Source: HGTV. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs