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Bambusa ventricosa

佛肚竹

Buddha's Belly Bamboo

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Callistemon rigidus

紅千層

Stiff Bottle-brush

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Salix babylonica

垂柳

Weeping Willow

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Codiaeum variegatum

變葉木

Garden Croton

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

朱槿

Chinese Hibiscus

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
Bambusa ventricosa
Buddha's Belly Bamboo
佛肚竹
Bamboo
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Screen
-
-
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Native
Callistemon rigidus
Stiff Bottle-brush
紅千層
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
-
-
Red
g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Salix babylonica
Weeping Willow
垂柳
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Semi Deciduous
-
-
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Codiaeum variegatum
Garden Croton
變葉木
Shrub
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Screen
Orange, Purple, Red, Yellow
All year round
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese Hibiscus
朱槿
Shrub
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Screen
-
-
Orange, Pink, Red, White, Yellow
All year round
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
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Chlorophytum comosum

吊蘭

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

崗棯

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Tabebuia chrysantha

黃花風鈴木

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Mussaenda pubescens

玉葉金花

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Axonopus compressus

地毯草

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Acrostichum aureum

鹵蕨

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Machilus thunbergii

紅楠

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