Camellia Sinensis Tea Plant Flower

Harvest leaves all summer long to dry and make into delightful rich green or black tea.

Camellia sinensis tea plant flower. Camellia sinensis is the common tea plant. Green tea plant seeds camellia sinensis also known as tea plant tea tree 25 seeds. The plant habit is upright the growth rate is average. Genus the first part of the botanical name of the product referring to the genus of the plant.

Their flowers are usually large and conspicuous one to 12 cm in diameter with five to nine petals in naturally occurring species of camellias. The flowers are hermaphrodite have both male and female organs and are pollinated by bees. Although the japanese camellia is highly valued for its range of colors and availability of double rose like blooms the tea plant camellia offers fragrant blooms in a shrub that is a full zone hardier. Tea camellia sinensis buy any 3 fruit or berry plants save 20.

Camellia sinensis also known as the tea plant is the plant that is responsible for the beverage we all know as tea. All tea whether it is green black oolong silver white matcha etc are all from one plant species camellia sinensis. The miniature single form flower has white petals with prominent yellow stamens. Flower blossoms are white are quite fragrant grow on their own or they appear in clusters of 2 4 together on short branchlets in the leaf axils.

The chinese word for camellia cha hua means tea flower and camellia sinensis is the most popular camellia in the world the plant from which all types of tea are made including white green oolong and black. They grow up to 4cm in diametre with five sepals and can have 5 9 petals. The flowers of the tea plant camellia camellia sinensis are white with yellow stamens and bloom earlier than japanese camellia camellia japonica shrubs which may bloom in winter or early spring. This shrub will flower in the fall.

We have been collecting growing and selling tea plants for over 35 years. Their leaves are alternately arranged simple thick serrated and usually glossy. The leaves are glossy green with serrated edges and are similar in both shape and size to a bay leaf. Dark green elliptical leaves.

Buy this product item. This plant originated near the southwest region of china as an evergreen forest shrub. Camellia sinensis or tea plant is used to make most traditional caffeinated teas including black tea white tea oolong tea and green tea. Common names include tea plant tea shrub and tea tree not to be confused with melaleuca alternifolia the source of tea tree oil or leptospermum scoparium the new zealand tea tree.