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Lantana montevidensis

小葉馬纓丹

Trailing Lantana

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Mikania micrantha

薇甘菊

Bitter vine

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Lycopersicon esculentum

番茄

Tomato

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Epipremnum aureum

綠蘿, 芋葉藤

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Hymenocallis littoralis

水鬼蕉

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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
Lantana montevidensis
Trailing Lantana
小葉馬纓丹
Ground Cover
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hanging Plant
-
-
Purple
All year round
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Mikania micrantha
Bitter vine
薇甘菊
Climber, Herbaceous
Disturbed/Waste Ground, Farmland/Former Farmland/Village
Semi Deciduous
Drought Tolerant
-
-
White
g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Invasive
Lycopersicon esculentum
Tomato
番茄
Herbaceous
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Semi Deciduous
Edible Fruit
-
-
Yellow
i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER
Red
a. JANUARY, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER
Exotic
Epipremnum aureum
Scindapsus aureus
綠蘿, 芋葉藤
Climber, Ground Cover
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hanging Plant, Shade tolerant
Yellow
All year round
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Invasive, Naturalised
Hymenocallis littoralis
Hymenocallis americana
水鬼蕉
Herbaceous
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
-
-
White
g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST
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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