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Growing Tea

Hello Good Gardening People 

I have an idea that I think is very interesting.

I was watching Guy Martin in India on the TV the other day and he visited a tea plantation. This gave me an idea why don't we grow tea in our gardens or allotments in the UK? I did some research and found it was possible to grow tea in the warmer regions of the UK. Camellia sinensis (The tea plant) is grown in the same way as Canellia japonica a plant that you may have in your garden. You can harvest the leaves of the Camellia sinensis and make tea. This means that you could have a new plant that you could grow and harvest from that is different to anything else you grow. 

Anyway I will get to the point. 

Does anyone know about growing tea and have you grown it?

Do you know any good places to get hold of these plants that seem to be rare in the UK? 

I think this will make a interesting topic.

Thanks 

RobertHM

 

 

 

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