Photo of the day: Wax Tree
I spotted this large cluster of tiny bean-like fruit while walking along Bowen Road. Thanks to tree and arboreal expert […]
HK trees 03: Paperbark Tree
Specie: Paperbark Tree Scientific name: Melaleuca cajuputi Genus: Melaleuca Family: MYRTACEAE (myrtle) Chinese name: 白千層 Location: Kennedy Road, Jardine’s Lookout, […]
HK trees 01: Lance-leaved Sterculia
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia Scientific name: sterculia lanceolata Genus: Sterculia Specie family: STERCULIACEAE Chinese name: 假蘋婆 / 七姐果 Location: Bowen Road; […]
Red Cotton
Specie: Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) Location: Green Lane, Happy Valley; various One of my favourite tree species in Hong Kong […]
Dead Flame
Specie: Flame Tree (delonix regia) Location: Chater Garden This iconic Flame Tree in Chater Garden will be removed by the […]
Bauhinia terrace
Specie: Bauhinia, White Bauhinia Location: Tai On Terrace off Tank Lane and Bridges Street As many of you know, the […]
Purple Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Sydney, Australia It’s pretty amazing that a single specie of tree can define a city […]
Autumn Maple in Hung Hom
Specie: Autumn Maple (bischofia javanica) Location: Bus terminus outside Hung Hom ferry terminal. One of the main goals of this […]
11,421.51km
Specie: London Plane (platanus acerifolia var. hispanica) Location: Shanghai, China I spent the greater part of last week in Shanghai, […]
This is no ordinary apple tree
Specie: Java Apple (Syzygium samarangense) Location: Street outside Lee Gardens One Sometimes an apple is actually not an apple, and […]
Should I stay or should I go?
Specie: Big-leaved Fig (ficus virens) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: ARCHSD CW/25 Location; Wing Lee Street between […]
Urbantrees of the World 