Grow Your Own Tea Plants Year-round — VOA Learning English
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People who grow their own food are familiar with planting tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, berries and other common fruits and vegetables.
However, they may not think of growing plants for drinks.
Gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently wrote about plants you can grow to make tea. Damiano, who writes for the Associated Press, says that growing your own tea plants in the garden can provide enough leaves and flower buds to keep your tea pot filled year-round.
And the plant to grow, she says, is camellia sinensis (var. sinensis), also known as the “tea plant.”
These evergreen plants are easy to grow in any amount of sunlight, from deep shade to full sun. However, ideal growing conditions are…
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