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Dietes bicolor

雙色野鳶尾

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Pinus elliottii

濕地松

Slash Pine

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Sesbania cannabina

田菁

Dhaincha

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Bombax ceiba

木棉

Tree Cotton

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Alocasia macrorrhiza

海芋

Giant Alocasia, Alocasia

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
Dietes bicolor
雙色野鳶尾
Herbaceous
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
-
-
White, Yellow
c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Pinus elliottii
Slash Pine
濕地松
Conifer
Hillside Woodland
Evergreen
Drought Tolerant, Hillside/Slope Planting Nurse Tree
-
-
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Sesbania cannabina
Dhaincha
田菁
Herbaceous
Disturbed/Waste Ground, Farmland/Former Farmland/Village
Semi Deciduous
Drought Tolerant
-
-
Yellow
g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Naturalised
Bombax ceiba
Bombax malabaricum
Tree Cotton
木棉
Tree
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Deciduous
Yellow
NOVEMBER - JANUARY
Orange, Red
c. MARCH, d. APRIL
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Naturalised
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Alocasia odora
Giant Alocasia, Alocasia
海芋
Herbaceous
Hillside Woodland
Evergreen
Shade tolerant
-
-
White
All year round
Red
All year round
Native
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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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