Camellia sinensis 26/3 Restock a courtyard planting

a courtyard planting

Williams at Caerhays in Cornwall

and plant while the tree is young

dependable through USDA zones 7 to 9

This is a shrub built for lean living

Camellia sinensis 26/3 Restock a courtyard plantingThis is the tea plant. Not a tea plant but the tea plant. Every cup of green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong, and pu erh on Earth comes from a single species, Camellia sinensis. The differences in flavor and color come from the timing of the harvest and the way the leaves are handled afterward: green tea from the youngest leaves, briefly steamed; white tea from the unopened buds; black tea from fully oxidized older leaves; oolong from partial