Hong Kong’s forest spirit lives on Mount Austin Road
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Mount Austin Road If Hong Kong’s forest has a king, or perhaps queen, then […]
Silky leaves blowing in the wind in Wanchai
Species: Silk Oak (grevillea robusta) Location: Southside of Gloucester Road next to the pedestrian overpass between Immigration Tower and Wanchai […]
DANGER, danger: is this an accident waiting to happen?
Species: Sea Mango/Cerbera (cerbera manghas) Location: Garden Road besides Cheung Kong Centre As I recently discovered, Sea Mango trees, or Cerbera […]
An octopus Camphor and friends living amongst the primates
Species: Hoop Pine, Bald Cypress, Queensland Kauri/Dammar Pine, Fake Olive, Kassod Tree, Pincushion Tree, Chaulmoogra Tree, Cinnamon Camphor Old and valuable […]
Danger: Don’t eat the sea mangoes
Forbidden fruit along Hong Kong's most popular thoroughfares
A new “Five fingers” legend on May Road
Species: Cinnamon Camphor Location: Beginning of May Road, off Old Peak Road There is a legend from China’s Wuzhi mountains […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Urbantrees of Kurashiki: UNESCO heritage site
The city of Kurashiki has some of the most beautiful urban trees I’ve seen. Walking about the old town, it […]
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