Yellow Silk
Specie: Silk Oak (grevillea robusta) Location: Wanchai Park, Hollywood Road Park Ever since I came across my first Silk Oak […]
Friendly neighbourhood spider…
Specie: Spider Tree (creteva unilocularis) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/15 Location: Wan Chai Park There are plenty of flowering […]
Sacred
Specie: Sacred Fig/Peepul Tree (ficus religiosa) Location: Roof terrace, IFC Mall The Sacred Fig, known locally as the Peepul Tree, […]
Red Queen
Specie: Queen Crepe Myrtle (lagerstroemia speciosa 大花紫薇) Location: May Road I have already written many times about the wondrous Queen […]
Red Cotton
Specie: Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) Location: Green Lane, Happy Valley; various One of my favourite tree species in Hong Kong […]
Mistaken Identities
Specie: Mango Tree, Tall Bottle Brush Tree, Flame Tree, Rose Apple Tree Location: various – see info inq post for […]
Rosy Trumpets
Specie: Rosy Trumpet Tree (tabebuia rosea) Location: Wong Ngai Chung Road and Link Road, Happy Valley; Perkins Road, Jardin’s Lookout […]
Gold Trumpets
Specie: Golden Trumpet (tabebuia chrysantha 黃花風鈴木) Location: Central Harbour Front Promenade, Kowloon Park, Bowen Road Park, Wanchai Gap Park, Victoria […]
Mangoes!
Specie: Mango Tree (mangifera indica 杧果) Location: Hong Kong Park, various There are mangoes in Hong Kong! While mangoes are […]
Hong Kong Corals
Specie: Coral Tree (erythrina variegata 刺桐) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/36 Location: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay (near the tennis […]
John Denver’s Wanchai tree
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Wanchai, Johnston Road, corner of Luard Road, and corner of Wan Chai Road […]
King George V’s Banyans
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 細葉榕) Old and Valuable tree listing: ARCHSD CW/11 to CW/23 Location: King George V Memorial […]
Pretty in scarlet
Specie: Rhodoleia (rhodesia championii 紅花荷) Location: Lugard Road (next to the Indian Rubber Tree and Mount Austin Road next to […]
Climbing walls
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: top of Eastern Road (leading to Bonham Road); top of Honiton Road (leading […]
Hidden dragon
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Tai Hang Road (opposite the entryway to Wang Fung Terrace) Sometimes photos just […]
Two dead trees
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) – DECEASED AND REMOVED Old and valuable tree of Hong […]
