Description
Camellia sinensis ‘Chiri Mountain’ is a very cold hardy clone selected from Chiri (Jiri) Mountain in South Korea. Young plants are vigorous but only grow into medium sized shrubs with medium sized leaves. Use in small spaces and containers. 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.
