Indian Rubber trees on Victoria Peak
Indian Rubber trees (ficus elastica 印度榕) are quite common in Hong Kong, but these few besides the hills along Lugard […]
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 […]
Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong AFCD QB/002: Chinese Banyan
An ‘Old and valuable’ tree of Hong Kong. This Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 細葉榕) is located at the entrance of […]
Chestnut Oak in the hills
These flowering castanopsis/chestnut oak (castanopsis fissa) 黧蒴錐 on the steps towards pinewood battery on Lung Fu Shan 龍虎山, are easy […]
Stunning Japanese pines
Pines trees in Japan are somehow different from their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
Spider tree amidst Hong Kong’s landmarks
This flowering spider tree (crateva unilocularis 樹頭菜) sits in Chater Garden in Central, Hong Kong, directly opposite the Bank of […]
Welcome to Urbantrees of the World
Welcome to the first site dedicated to the trees in our cities... and lives
Bright colours, big city
Hong Kong's urban trees offer some brilliant colours to the cityscape all year round
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