ayeshamiamia
...gardening is one of my addictions. it soothes my soul.
...gardening is one of my addictions. it soothes my soul.
Late Winter 2017
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Late Winter 2017
5
ayeshamiamia
#tea #greentea #blacktea #Philippinetea not feeling very well. got the blues and bored. so browsing tags, trying to help identify plants on here 😊 i find that immersing myself in the wonderful world of plants boosts my mood. #garden #plantparadise #plants
This is not the same plant as the #camellia tea bush is it?
according to online sources, both camellia sinensis and thea sinensis are close relatives. some say they are one and the same. confusing, actually 😀 but then again, some say the difference lies with the leaves as the camellia has bigger leaves while the thea has smaller ones.
Another plant that I had but died....I bought the #Camellia sinensis from a specialist grower in the UK. I did get one small crop (enough for one tea pot) from the new tender leaves. It tasted very strong. The plant was difficult to keep I think because our water is too alkaline. It wasn't happy with the rain water even. Camellia sinensis doesn't look like your photo, the leaves were less jagged.
i kept up reading re the differences between both but #wikipedia says both are the same. lol. mine here is still alive, thankfully. why is water that is too alkaline not good for the plant? maybe it would be good to throw in some lemon/citrus peelings into your soil to counter the alkalinity of your water there? the older the leaves, the stronger the tea, i noticed.