Camellia sinensis Korean Tea Seedling
This hardy tea plant (Camellia sinensis) is from the Boseong region of Korea, famous for green tea.
Korean Tea Seedling is a hardy tea plant (Camellia sinensis) from the Boseong region of Korea, famous for its annual Green Tea Festival each September. This selection is hardy and productive with good flavour and seems to do particularly well in the climate of coastal BC. The plant has bright green, dense, ornamental, evergreen foliage. The flowers are white to creamy white. 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
Bloom Time: Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
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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Geographical Origin: Asia - China and Japan, Southeast Asia
