John Denver’s Wanchai tree
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Wanchai, Johnston Road, corner of Luard Road, and corner of Wan Chai Road […]
Golden Rain
Specie: Golden Rain Tree (koelreuteria bipinnata) Location: Robinson Road bus stop at the corner of Seymour Road, Hong Kong Park […]
Silk Floss pink
Specie: Floss Silk Tree (ceiba/chorisia speciosa) Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens I accidentally came across this spectacular tree […]
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 son, the mother and the remarkable Chinese Banyan
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Kennedy Road, between the intersection of Borrett Road and Monmouth Terrace Continuing on my […]
A lemon-scented giant towers over Kennedy Road
Specie: Lemon-scented Gum Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: LCSD CW/118 Location, Kennedy Road, at the intersection of […]
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 […]
Oops, someone misIDed this Flame Tree as a Jacaranda
Species: Flame Tree, Jacaranda Location: Kotewall Road beyond Conduit Road, opposite the public toilets Not one likes a smartass but […]
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 […]
A pack and their forest (of Hainan Elaeocarpus)
Species: Hainan Elaeocarpus, Bull Bay, Flame Tree Location: Quarry Bay/Taikoo Shing, pathway between Berkshire House, One Island East, Taikoo Shing […]
A grove of Madagascar Almonds in Quarry Bay
Species: Madagascar Almonds Location: Quarry Bay, just beside the entrance of Berkshire House (formerly DCH) Madagascar Almond trees are perhaps […]
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 […]
CWB Windsor House : another blooming Hainan Elaeocarpus
Species: Haninan Elaeocarpus Location: Windsor House, Causeway Bay Never realised this specie was so common in Hong Kong. This one […]
Surprise discoveries at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park
Species: Hainan Elaeocarpus (elaeocarpus hainanensis), India Almond Tree (terminalia catappa), Spider Tree (crateva unilocularis), Frangipani Location: Sun Yat Sen Memorial […]
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 […]
Jacarandas of HKU
Species: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Hong Kong University, Shaw Building entrance Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) trees offer up beautiful flowers that at […]
Urbantrees of the World 