Into the desert
Species: Joshua Tree, Desert Ironwood, Colla Cactus, Beaver Tail Cactus Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California A few hours drive […]
LA LA land
Species: Mexican Fan Palm, Jacaranda, Moreton Bay Fig Location: Los Angeles If Los Angeles is the city of angels, then […]
This is no ordinary apple tree
Specie: Java Apple (Syzygium samarangense) Location: Street outside Lee Gardens One Sometimes an apple is actually not an apple, and […]
Should I stay or should I go?
Specie: Big-leaved Fig (ficus virens) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: ARCHSD CW/25 Location; Wing Lee Street between […]
Jewels do grow on trees
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia (sterculia lanceolata) Location: Southern edge, near the gravel foot massage yard of Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park […]
Bright orange teardrops in Sheung Wan
Specie: Weeping Fig (ficus benjamina) Location: Man Fai Street on the harbour between Central ferry piers and Macau ferry pier […]
Cuban Basts by the sea
Specie: Cuban Bast (hibiscus tiliaceus) Location: Harbour front next to the Discovery Bay ferry terminal, Central There is a whole […]
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the Morning Trail
Specie: Chinese Banyan and (dead) Cinnamon Camphor Location, Kotewall Road and overpass at the start of the Morning Trail above […]
The monuments of Blake Garden
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: LCSD CW/36, LCSD CW/37 Location: Blake Garden, […]
The ‘W’ on Hatton Road
Specie: Chinese Fan Palm (livistona chinensis) Location: Hatton Road One of the funniest movies from the 60s is ‘It’s a […]
Humpty Dumpty has got nothing on me
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Tank Lane near the corner of Bridges Street There are plenty of trees in […]
The forest Leviathan in HKU
Specie: Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) Location: Slope besides pedestrian path that descends from the Kotewall Road entrance of HKU […]
The defiant camphor in the middle of the street
Specie: Cinnamon Camphor (cinnamomum camphora) Location: Oaklands Path, leading up from the intersection of Park Road, Babington Path and Bonham […]
The best secret garden in HK for a forest bath
Species: Cinnamon Camphor Tree (cinnamomum camphora), Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), Small Fishtail Palms (caryota mitis), Chinese Fan Palms (livistona chinensis), […]
An elder Indian Rubber Tree waiting for the bus on Leighton Road
Species: Indian Rubber Trees (ficus elastica) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong list: HKP WCH/1 Location: Bus stop on […]
St Stephen’s Lane’s Silk Oak
Specie: Silk Oak (grevillea robusta) Location: St Stephen’s Lane and Bonham Road After encountering my first Silk Oak in Wan […]
Urbantrees of the World 