Camellia sinensis ‘Charles Towne’
Camellia sinensis 'Charles Towne' is an excellent cultivar for making white tea.
Camellia sinensis ‘Charles Towne’ is an excellent cultivar for making white tea which generally refers to harvesting buds or very young leaves and drying gently with no processing. This produces a delicate tea much lighter than green tea that can be very expensive to buy from specialty tea purveyors. Harvest or ‘pluck’ tea leaves during the warmer months. Select only the top three newly flushing young leaves from the branch tips. Research which method to use to dry and cure your leaves as this will determine which type of tea you get. Tea camellias becomes multi-branched and can reach 6 feet or more tall and wide in 10 years with profuse shoots to harvest from. Or keep shrubs pruned to any size you like.
Common Name: Tea Plant - [Citrus Pre-Order]
Family: Theaceae (The Tea family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-10
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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Fragrance: Yes
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Benefits: Bees Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Cool, humid, tropical highlands and in evergreen broad-leaved forests at elevations of 100-2200 metres from southern and central China to northeastern India, southern Japan, southern Korea into southeast Asia.
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