春紅 2018 spring red

這陣子走進公園、投入郊外，那春天的生命爆發實在無可抗拒。 spring is exploding. and there are all shades of red sprung out from parks and in the wild.  賞自然不止於賞花，新葉的嫩鮮，如沐春風。 筆管榕葉芽像粉紅花蕾，掙開新葉胭紅如李。 it is not only about flowers, baby leaves are as magical. the leaf sprouts of japanese superb fig / red fruit figs (ficus superba var. japonica) are as adorable as flower buds. the young...

白楸新葉花季 new leaves and flower of turn-in-the-wind

炎炎夏日，看樹周圍都是深綠一片，突然遇到一片毛黃色，不自覺走近。 白楸真的是種繽紛的喬木。這個時候開始花季，色彩就來了。本身常綠，葉是青綠色，準備開花，葉叢中心拔起新嫩的葉，還有花蕾，皆嫩毛棕黃的色調，不顯眼奪目，但那種帶質的顏色一樣誘人。然後風一吹過，葉底那新白，像海浪的白花，色彩配合動感，自是目不暇給。 turn-in-the-wind flowering season spans from summer to autumn. it is the early stage. we can spot trees in the city started showing signs. in the middle of the green mature leaves, are some small and young leaves in grey-yellow with tomentum; floret as well. the evergreen tree does not produce sharp colours but...

銀樺與紅花銀樺 silky oak and red silky oak

這陣子兩種銀樺均在爆發。實在覺得她們的花朵和果實色彩和型態很吸引。 這兩個近親原籍澳洲。銀樺原生昆士蘭及新南威爾斯等地區，而紅花銀樺原產地就是昆士蘭，大概因此又稱昆士蘭銀樺。 兩者都是引入品種，銀樺該比較長時間了，所以較多見，也會發現接近野生型態的。銀樺與紅花銀樺也有大小的差別，後者屬大型灌木，前者則是高大的喬木。 have spotted the two silky oaks booming lately. the silky oak and red silky oak are both australian natives. perhaps the latter specifically originated from queensland, it also has a chinese common name queensland silky oak. we see silky oak more in hong kong, so i am making the assumption that it...

春芽 spring sprouts 2016

除了繽紛花色，春之美更在於生機之勃發，而那色調是無人能模擬的；如天藍水綠，抽出的新成員新綠嫩粉，細細欣賞，感覺如微甜的酒。 spring is not only about colourful flowers. nature beauty also explode in a sweet and less loud way in new leaves and fluffy flowers and fruit. just like sky blue and water green, the spring sprouting colours are god-sent, human cannot recreate. 陰香 batavia cinnamon - 新葉、花  new leaves and flowers 陰香 batavia cinnamon...