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Grow your own tea with the real tea tree, a small evergreen tree of the Camellia family (its real name: Camellia sinensis) with an abundant flowering of small white flowers with a yellow heart. -12 to -15°C. Available in 2-, 3- and 5-litre pots.
Tea tree, Chinese Camellia
Southeast Asia, especially the province of Yunnan, China
-12 to -15°C
This evergreen tree can reach up to 6 to 8 meters in height. It is often cut into bushes to facilitate the picking of young leaves. Small creamy white fragrant flowers in autumn.
The tea plant loves moisture, and will enjoy the shade or the sun, in a drained soil, with regular water supplies.
The buds and the two or three youngest shoots are harvested weekly to produce the tea.
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Grow your own tea with the real tea tree, a small evergreen tree of the Camellia family (its real name: Camellia sinensis) with an abundant flowering of small white flowers with a yellow heart. -12 to -15°C. Available in 2-, 3- and 5-litre pots.