The giant camphors on the edge of the Kowloon peninsula
Species: Cinnamon Camphor Old and valuable tree of Hong Kong listing: ARCHSD YTM/026, 027, 028, 029, 030, 032, 033, 034, 036, […]
A Dragon Eye watching over Queen’s College
Species: Longan Tree (dimocarpus longan) Location: Queen’s College parking lot, Causeway Road opposite Victoria Park As one of the most […]
A twisted fate inside Kowloon Park (updated)
Specie: Cuban Bast Location: Kowloon Park I have no idea what this tree is, or how it ended up this […]
A walk in the clouds
They say every cloud has a silver lining and I couldn’t agree more… on this grey Sunday afternoon. Really thought […]
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 […]
The phoenix rises again in HKU
Flame trees (delonix regia 鳳凰木), are also known as Flame of the Forest and as Phoenix Wood as translated literal […]
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 […]
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 […]
HK’s cotton trees paint the town red
Hong Kong is home to some of the most spectacular Cotton trees (木棉), also known as Kapok trees, or formally, bombax […]
Stunning Japanese pines
Pines trees in Japan are somehow different from their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
Urbantrees of Kurashiki: UNESCO heritage site
The city of Kurashiki has some of the most beautiful urban trees I’ve seen. Walking about the old town, it […]
Urbantrees of the World 