Africa, Happy Valley
Specie: African Tulip tree (spathodea campanulata 火焰木) Location: corner of Wong Nai Chung Road and Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley […]
A study in Yellow
Specie: Peltophorum tonkinense Location: Wong Nai Chung Road, Victoria Park When I first started to learn about trees, particularly their […]
Hong Kong, Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Pacific Place 3 I had one of the most surreal experiences last November when I […]
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 […]
Red Cotton
Specie: Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) Location: Green Lane, Happy Valley; various One of my favourite tree species in Hong Kong […]
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 […]
Illawarra flame
Specie: Illawarra Flame tree (brachychiton acerifolius) Location: Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia Just as I was enraptured by the purple haze […]
Purple Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Sydney, Australia It’s pretty amazing that a single specie of tree can define a city […]
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 […]
Hainan Elaeocarpus at Kerry Hotel
Specie: Hainan Elaeocarpus Location: Kerry Hotel, Hung Hom A visit to the new Kerry Hotel in Hung Hom for lunch […]
Two more Golden Shower trees… within sight of HKU MTR station
Specie: Golden Shower (cassia fistula 臘腸樹/豬腸豆) Location: Pok Fu Lam Road outside HKU MTR station, HKU parking lot When I […]
The Queen is wearing purple… and blooming outside HKU
Specie: Queen Crape Myrtle Location: Pok Fu Lam Road just outside the HKU MTR exit Queen Crape Myrtles are spectacular trees, […]
A Golden Shower in the sun
Species: Golden Shower (cassia fistula) Location: Connaught Road and Pedder Street roundabout There is a type of tree called ‘Golden […]
Urbantrees of the World 