top of page

PLANT VIDEO DATABASE

OR SEARCH BY PLANT ATTRIBUTES HERE

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum
Lagerstroemia speciosa

洋紫薇, 大葉紫薇

Queen Crape Myrtle

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum
Leucaena leucocephala

銀合歡

White Popinac

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum
Tabebuia aurea

銀鱗風鈴木

Silva Manso

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum
Acanthus ilicifolius

廈門老鼠簕

Spiny Bears Breech

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum
Ilex aquifolium

歐洲冬青

Holly

PLANT TYPE

USUAL HABITAT

PROVENANCE​(IN HONGKONG)

DESIGN FUNCTION

CLIMBER: SELF-CLINGING/TWINING/ CLAMBERING

EVERGREEN/SEMI DECIDUOUS/ DECIDUOUS

FOLIAGE COLOUR (OTHER THAN OR IN ADDITION TO GREEN)

FOLIAGE COLOUR (OTHER THAN GREEN) TIME OF YEAR

FLOWER COLOUR 

FLOWER COLOUR  TIME OF YEAR

FRUIT COLOUR

FRUIT COLOUR TIME OF YEAR

Species
Botanic Synonym
Common Name
Chinese Name
Plant Type
Usual Habitat
Evergreen / Semi Deciduous
Design Function
Colour Foliage
Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year
Colour Flower
Flower Colour Time of Year
Colour Fruits
Fruit Colour Time of Year
Provenance
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Queen Crape Myrtle
洋紫薇, 大葉紫薇
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street
Deciduous
Shade Tree, Street Tree
Purple, Red
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
Purple
e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE
Brown
j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER
Exotic
Leucaena leucocephala
White Popinac
銀合歡
Tree
Disturbed/Waste Ground
Semi Deciduous
Drought Tolerant
-
-
White
All year round
Brown
All year round
Exotic, Invasive
Tabebuia aurea
Silva Manso
銀鱗風鈴木
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Semi Deciduous
Silver-blue
All year round
Yellow
b. FEBRUARY, c. MARCH
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Acanthus ilicifolius
Spiny Bears Breech
廈門老鼠簕
Mangrove
Beach and Estuary
Evergreen
-
-
Purple, White
d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE
Inconspicuous
-
Native
Ilex aquifolium
Holly
歐洲冬青
Tree
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Screen
-
-
White
e. MAY
Red
k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER
Not found in HongKong
Page 1 of 1
Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Murraya paniculata

九里香

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Aglaia odorata

米仔蘭

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Kandelia obovata

水筆仔

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Pandanus tectorius

露兜樹

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Allamanda cathartica

軟枝黃蟬

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Juniperus chinensis

圓柏

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Podocarpus macrophyllus

羅漢松

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Brachychiton acerifolius

槭葉蘋婆

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Callistemon viminalis

串錢柳

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Agave angustifolia

狹葉龍舌蘭

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Sansevieria trifasciata

虎尾蘭

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Archontophoenix alexandrae

假檳榔

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Phoenix loureiroi

刺葵

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Morus Alba

桑

Hong Kong Digital Arboretum

Dypsis lutescens

散尾葵

 © 2025 Gavin Scott Coates, The University of Hong Kong, Division of Landscape Architecture

Disclaimer: The University of Hong Kong Division of Landscape Architecture Digital Arboretum will not be responsible for any damage resulting from use of the website or any of the information or links provided. 

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • email-(1)_edited
bottom of page