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Tea Camellia

Tea Camellia

Zones: 6 - 9
$18.99 Regular Price
Member Price: $12.99
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This popular evergreen shrub boasts dense dark-green leaves with fragrant white flowers. As the leaves and buds emerge, the Tea Camellia is commonly harvested to make green, oolong, black, and white tea. Unlike most other Camellia varieties, the Tea Camellia is heat and drought tolerant.

  • Is an evergreen shrub
  • Makes a good hedge, screen, or ornamental shrub
  • Produces flowers with white and pink tinged petals and yellow stamens

 

The Tea Camellia Grows in zones 6 - 9

Your Tree’s Personality

Shape

Rounded

Growth Speed

Slow

Mature Spread

4' - 8'

Scientific Name

Camellia sinensis

Mature Height

6' - 15'

Sun Preference

Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade

Soil Preference

Acidic, Loamy, Moist, Sandy, Loamy, Well Drained

Wildlife Value

Squirrels and birds eat camellia seeds. Deer browse both young and mature camellias, but rabbits concentrate their nibbling on the young, tender plants.

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