Tea (Camellia sinensis)

The rare seeds of this important plant (Great Briton boasts an annual tea consumption of 180 000 tonnes!).
10 Seeds

Growing instructions
Tropical shrub or tree. The hard seed coat should be carfully filed or nicked a little to improve watering, then soaked in warm water for 24 hours. Sow in moist and warm slight acid soil. It usually germinates in 1 - 3 months. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse or indoors. Prefers the partial shade of a light woodland. Tea is not hardy in colder areas, it tolerates temperatures down to between -5 and -10 °C. It prefers a wet summer and a cool but not very frosty dry winter.