Name: Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot
SKU: D2LSC 2629649018
Availability: InStock

New

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot - Image 2

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot - Image 3

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot - Image 4

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot - Image 5

Large Leaf Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis) - 3 Gallon Pot - Image 6

Original price was: $89.97.Current price is: $62.98.

SKU: D2LSC 2629649018 Category: RARE PLANTS

Free and fast shipping worldwide
Safeguard Your Shopping Experience
100% environmentally friendly material
Experience the difference quality makes.

Description
Reviews (0)

Large Leaf Tea Plant

Camellia sinensis

Plant Details

USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b (6b ?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Species: Camellia sinensis

Height at Maturity: 6-15′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 4-8′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 5′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants

Flower Color: White with Bright Yellow stamens

Flower Size: 2″

Flowering Period: Fall into Winter

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers: Yes

Foliage Color: Glossy Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Full Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Resistances: Deer, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity

Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil

Attracts: Visual Attention

Description

The Green Big Leaf Tea Plant, also known as Tea Camellia or Assam Tea, is the most widely grown Camellia in the world for use in making caffeinated teas. The extremely large evergreen leaves are glossy dark green with saw-toothed edges and provide a tropical look in the garden. In fall, the plant explodes with delicate, fragrant, single flowers with a patch of yellow stamens surrounded by pure-white petals. This is a plant that is sure to make a statement in your gardens that any guests will immediately be drawn to.

They leaves are harvested as they begin emerging in early spring and processed in different ways to create white, green, oolong, and black teas. The smaller young leaves and leaf buds are used for making green tea, the older larger leaves for oolong and black tea, and the buds for white tea. On thing for sure, the tea you make from the leaves of your homegrown tea plants will be much fresher and tastier than what you buy at the store!

SEE: How To Make Green, Oolong and Black Tea From Tea Camellia Plants

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing to approximately 10 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide, Large Leaf Tea Plant can be grown as a large shrub or lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree. As a shrub, it is ideal for use as a specimen, hedge or background plant, in groupings, and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. As a small tree, it makes a fine focal point specimen in landscape borders or home foundation planting. Grows well in containers that can be situated on decks and patios. A fine addition to cottage gardens woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can brought indoors for winter for those who live and garden above USDA Zone 7a. Find Your Zone

If you’re a tea lover and enjoy brewing your own, the Large Leaf Tea is sure to please.

SEE: How To Make Green, Oolong and Black Tea From Tea Camellia Plants

Suggested Spacing: 5 feet apart for solid hedge; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where the Large Leaf Tea Plant is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

The Large Leaf Tea Plant adapts well to various soil types however prefers a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, most camellia bushes grow and bloom better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. That said, this species is known to tolerate more sun, even full sun.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Camellias.

How To Make Green, Oolong and Black Tea From Tea Camellia Plants

Planting Camellias

Pruning Camellias

How To Fertilize & Water Camellias

How To Espalier Plants & Trees

*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.

Plant Long & Prosper!

Meet The Wilson Brothers & Staff

Questions? Contact Us

Arrived alive and in good condition.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Greetings,
I have done a lot of online plant orders in recent years and I have to say that I was entirely impressed with your care and packaging of my recent order. Shipping live plants is always a gamble but I will be coming back to Wilson Bros for any future needs.
Thank you.——————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂