The six sentries of Battery Path
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Battery Path, Central Among the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong’s financial district, six […]
A beautiful false idol hides inside the HK Botanical Gardens
Species: Mock Bodh Tree Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: AFCHSD CW/27 Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens […]
It’s raining… flames
Species: Flame Tree (delonix regia) Location: Western entrance of Victoria Park near Windsor House What better way to brighten a rainy […]
A twisted fate inside Kowloon Park (updated)
Specie: Cuban Bast Location: Kowloon Park I have no idea what this tree is, or how it ended up this […]
A murder mystery on Monmouth Terrace
When I first found my love of walking, which led to my love of trees, I was amazed to discover […]
Two ‘Old and valuable’ trees inside Hong Kong Park in peril
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: Chinese Banyan […]
Jacarandas of HKU
Species: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Hong Kong University, Shaw Building entrance Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) trees offer up beautiful flowers that at […]
A mystery next to Murray Building on Garden Road
I was stunned when I happened to spot this spectacularly ostentatious tree next to the Murray Building on Garden Road. I […]
The Grand Lovers on Wong Ngai Chung Road
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Wong Nai Chung Road, corner of Broadwood/Link Road Imagine growing up next to somebody, […]
Three Chinese Banyan brothers on Pokfield Road
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: corner of Pokfield Road and Pokfulam Road These three Chinese Banyans (ficus microcarpa) form […]
A spider in a wall in Happy Valley
Hong Kong has many ‘walled’ trees, which actually grow on walls, but the city doesn’t have many trees that actually […]
Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong LCSD CW/15: Chinese Banyan
This venerable Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) stands outside the entrance to the Sai Ying Pun MTR station on Bonham Road. […]
The phoenix rises again in HKU
Flame trees (delonix regia 鳳凰木), are also known as Flame of the Forest and as Phoenix Wood as translated literal […]
Forest bathing at Kyoto’s Botanical Gardens
Species: various Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden I recently spent a beautiful morning inside Kyoto’s Botanical Garden, trying out the newly […]
Bright silver beads in Central
It’s May and this obvious relative of the Yellow Poinciana (peltophorum pterocarpun) with only a scientific name of peltophorum tonkinense […]
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