HK Timberbank is Revealing the Beauty of Hong Kong Wood
Banyans, longan, lychee, camphor: trees felled by storms or redevelopment are being saved from the landfill for reuse and research...
Hong Kong Flora
Hong Kong Reads: Colonialism in All its Guises
Three books capture the good, the bad and the beautiful of Hong Kong’s colonial era...
Hong Kong Flora: The Real—and Fake—Panpo Tree
Phoenix eye fruit is a summertime delicacy in Hong Kong, but nature has a trick up its sleeve: Hong Kong is filled with fake versions of it....
How Did the Bauhinia, a Sterile Flower, Become the Symbol of Hong Kong?
The Bauhinia blakeana needs human hands to be propagated. So just how did this unlikely specimen become Hong Kong’s official emblem after the handover?...
Hong Kong Hero: The Legendary Story of the Cotton Tree
Fluffs of cotton-like fibres followed by waxy red flowers – the annual awakening of the cotton tree is a sure sign that spring has arrived in Hong Kong....
A Tree Worthy of Worship: Hong Kong’s Banyans
Why are banyan trees so ubiquitous in Hong Kong? ...