Townbuilders
Specie: London Plane (platanus × acerifolia) Location: Bath Spa, UK Having spent the last week in the UK, it is […]
HK trees 04: Golden Shower
Specie: Golden Shower Scientific name: cassia fistula Genus: Cassia Family: FABACEAE sub-family: Caesalpinioideae Chinese name: 臘腸樹, 豬腸豆 Location: HKU Pokfulam […]
Tai Kwun
Species: Candlenut Tree, Mango Tree, Rose Frangipani, Hoop Pine, Dragon Tree Location: Tai Kwan, Central Tai Kwun, literally ‘big hall’ […]
HK trees 03: Paperbark Tree
Specie: Paperbark Tree Scientific name: Melaleuca cajuputi Genus: Melaleuca Family: MYRTACEAE (myrtle) Chinese name: 白千層 Location: Kennedy Road, Jardine’s Lookout, […]
HK trees 01: Lance-leaved Sterculia
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia Scientific name: sterculia lanceolata Genus: Sterculia Specie family: STERCULIACEAE Chinese name: 假蘋婆 / 七姐果 Location: Bowen Road; […]
Sakura
Species: Sour cherry trees (prunus), Weeping cherry tree, (prunus pendula maxim), Crab Apple (malus halliana), Dwarf Crab Apple (malus micromalus) […]
A Horsetail in Stanley
Specie: Horsetail tree (casuarina equisetifolia) Old and Valuable Tree registrar: ARCHSD S/2 Location: Stanley Village Road, above Stanley Market The […]
Gorgeous yellow cows
Specie: Yellow Cow Wood (cratoxylum cochinchinense) 黃牛木 Location: Hong Kong Botanical and Zoological Garden, path towards exit to the Church […]
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 […]
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 […]
