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Lonicera japonica

忍冬

Honeysuckle

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Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum

紅花檵木

Red Strap Flower

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Pittosporum tobira

海桐

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Chukrasia tabularis

麻楝

Chittagong Wood

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Strelitzia reginae

鶴望蘭, 天堂鳥蕉

Bird of Paradise

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
Lonicera japonica
Honeysuckle
忍冬
Climber
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Fragrant
-
-
White, Yellow
d. APRIL, e. MAY
Inconspicuous
-
Native
Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum
Loropetalum chinense ‘Purple Majesty’
Red Strap Flower
紅花檵木
Shrub
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Topiary
Purple
All year round
Red
c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Pittosporum tobira
海桐
Shrub
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Drought Tolerant, Hedge, Screen
-
-
White
c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY
Red, Yellow
e. MAY, f. JUNE, g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER
Exotic
Chukrasia tabularis
Chittagong Wood
麻楝
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street
Evergreen
Shade Tree, Street Tree
-
-
White
d. APRIL, e. MAY
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Strelitzia reginae
Bird of Paradise
鶴望蘭, 天堂鳥蕉
Herbaceous
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
-
-
Orange, Purple
a. JANUARY, b. FEBRUARY, l. DECEMBER
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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