Rose coloured Java Apple
Specie: Java Apple Location: Hillside between Blue Pool Road and Green Lane, Happy Valley Hong Kong’s hilly terrain offers some […]
Orange star
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia Location: Bowen Road just after the parking lot Came across this hanging star, the fruit of the […]
Golden Rain
Specie: Golden Rain Tree (koelreuteria bipinnata) Location: Robinson Road bus stop at the corner of Seymour Road, Hong Kong Park […]
Bela Sombra
Specie: Ombú (phytolacca dioica) Location: Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal This tree is called Bela Sombra, or beautiful shade in Portuguese. It […]
Jewels do grow on trees
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia (sterculia lanceolata) Location: Southern edge, near the gravel foot massage yard of Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park […]
Phew… this is the real Mango!
Specie: Mango tree (mangifera indica) Location: Garden Road sports ground, between the public Basketball court and Children’s playground below MacDonnell […]
Rodinesque sculptured Chinese Banyan on Kennedy Road
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong – LCSD CW/131 Location: Kennedy Road, between Borrett […]
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 […]
O Joy, my first Yellow Jade Orchid tree
Species: Yellow Jade Orchid tree (magnolia (michelia) champaca) Location: Pok Fu Lam Road, entrance of the HKU’s Flora Ho Sports […]
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 Golden Shower in the sun
Species: Golden Shower (cassia fistula) Location: Connaught Road and Pedder Street roundabout There is a type of tree called ‘Golden […]
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 […]
Jacarandas of HKU
Species: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Hong Kong University, Shaw Building entrance Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) trees offer up beautiful flowers that at […]
The Grand Lovers on Wong Ngai Chung Road
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Location: Wong Nai Chung Road, corner of Broadwood/Link Road Imagine growing up next to somebody, […]
