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Dracaena fragrans

巴西鐵樹 

Fragrant Dragon Tree

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Kalanchoe pinnata

落地生根

Air-plant

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Tabebuia impetiginosa

紫花風鈴木

Purple Tabebuia

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Nelumbo nucifera

蓮, 荷花

Lotus

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Bischofia javanica

秋楓

Autumn Maple

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
Dracaena fragrans
Fragrant Dragon Tree
巴西鐵樹 
Shrub
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Fragrant, Screen, Shade tolerant
-
-
White
g. JULY, g. JUNE
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Kalanchoe pinnata
Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Oken
Air-plant
落地生根
Herbaceous
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Drought Tolerant
-
-
Pink
e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Naturalised
Tabebuia impetiginosa
Tabebuia impetiginosa
Purple Tabebuia
紫花風鈴木
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Deciduous
Shade Tree
Pink
d. APRIL
Brown, Green
Exotic
Nelumbo nucifera
Lotus
蓮, 荷花
Freshwater Aquatic
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Freshwater Aquatic/Wetlands, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Deciduous
-
-
Pink
g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Bischofia javanica
Bischofia trifoliata
Autumn Maple
秋楓
Tree
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Street
Semi Deciduous
Hillside/Slope Planting Native, Shade Tree, Street Tree
-
-
Green, White
d. APRIL, e. MAY
Inconspicuous
-
Native
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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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