buy tea plant
Dreaming of harvesting your own tea in New Zealand? When you buy tea plant (Camellia sinensis), you invite the time-honoured ritual of tea-making right into your backyard. The tea plant, prized across the globe for centuries, is remarkably easy to grow at home—even in New Zealand’s diverse climates. Not only is Camellia sinensis the source of green, black, oolong, and white teas, it’s also an attractive evergreen shrub that provides year-round beauty for your garden.
Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis, commonly known as the Camellia Tea Plant or Tea Shrub, is the variety from which tea is derived. It is an evergreen shrub that produces dainty, single, scented, white flowers with a blush of lemon. It typically reaches 2 m tall and 1.5 m wide. Camellia sinensis is commonly grown as a specimen, clipped into a hedge, added to a mixed planting, used in cottage or 'white' gardens, planted around outdoor living areas, or used as a backdrop for smaller plants.
- Suited to regions:
Subtropical, Temperate - Plant type:
Shrubs - Height:
2.00 m - Spread:
1.50 m - Flowering time:
Spring, Winter - Garden uses:
Containers, Hedging, Living areas, Parks, Pool areas, Specimen - Garden styles:
Backyard, City & Courtyard, Formal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern, White
