It is a pure white flowered shrub with shiny evergreen foliage. Its shoot tip close leaves are used to make the well-known refreshing tea brew. This plant likes acidic, completely lime-free soil, so keeping in a container is recommended. This fact is important because the plant is not hardy though an open field cultivation can be tried at a very sheltered place. (The tea plantation from the Stalin’s era near Munkács, which we were lucky to visit, is famous. There was a real outdoor cultivation of tea here, but our guide said that the plants had been protected from freezing by the falling snow at least half a meter thick every winter. This plantation has now almost vanished, a ca. 15-20 meters high of forest has grown above, the plants are just languishing at the bottom and here and there even the rows are discernible! See also our pictures: 2, 4, and 5! The article about it, published by MTI in 2009, can be read below /only in the hungarian part.../!)
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Drought tolerant |  |
Shadow |
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Average water demand |  |
Half-shade |
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High water demand |  |
Sunny |
ZONE: The USDA Hardiness Zone of the plant. See the chart of USDA Hardiness Zones HERE!
SIZE: The size of the plant in centimeter.
QUALITY: For example: K1: we grow the plant in 1 liter container, CSP8x8: we grow the plant in 8x8 cm pot, SZGY: we ship the plant with bare root (carefully packed), FL: we ship the plant with root ball.
