Description
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.
