2 passions
Specie: various Location: various In recent years, I discovered two passions that luckily go together like peanut butter and jelly, […]
Two-faced Banyan
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and Valuable tree: HYD CW/5 Location: Caine Road minibus stop near Ladder St. This […]
Tree of Heaven
Specie: Ailanthus Location: Hill Road Playground Ailanthus are beautiful trees. The specie’s ‘compound’ leaves grow on two sides of long […]
Nirvana
Specie: Peepul Tree or Bodhi Tree (ficus religiosa) Location: Robinson Road under near the Mid-levels escalator Legend has it that […]
The Cathedral on the Peak
Specie: Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) OVT Registrar: LCSD CW/134 Location: Lugard Road, Victoria Peak Indian Rubber Trees are quite common […]
Transitions
Specie: Golden Rain (koelreuteria bipinnata) Location: Robinson Road, bus stop at the corner of Seymour Road It isn’t often that […]
Silk Floss pink
Specie: Floss Silk Tree (ceiba/chorisia speciosa) Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens I accidentally came across this spectacular tree […]
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. […]
A slender arm beside a Rodinesque physique
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: CW/10, CW/11 Location: Pok Fu Lam Road, […]
Little bell flowers hanging in Central
The flowers of the Hainan Elaeocarpus (elaeocarpus hainanensis 水石榕) are shaped like little bells and hang in groups amongst its […]
Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong LCSD WCH/16: Chinese Banyan
This ‘Old and valuable’ Chinese Banyan sits about 5 metres away from another Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong […]
Taiwan Acacia trees lighting up Hong Kong
blooming Taiwan Acacia (Acacia Confusa) trees now lighting up Hong Kong’s streets and hills with their brilliant yellow dotted flowers. […]
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 […]
Bright colours, big city
Hong Kong's urban trees offer some brilliant colours to the cityscape all year round
Urbantrees of the World 