{"id":24184,"date":"2020-12-15T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?post_type=product&#038;p=24184"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:24:40","slug":"camellia-sinensis-large-leaf-tea","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/shop\/camellia-sinensis-large-leaf-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Camellia sinensis &#8216;Large Leaf&#8217; Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Used to make most traditional caffeinated teas. The leaves are glossy green with serrated edges and are similar in both shape and size to a bay leaf. Considered hardy to Zone 7, <em>Camellia sinensis<\/em> can be cultivated in a backyard or in a container. Sun to part shade. Thrives in well-drained sandy soil and shouldn&#8217;t be harvested for tea until it&#8217;s 3 years old. Until then, pretty white flowers appear in late spring and into summer. Harvesting must be done by hand, as only the top leaves should be plucked. Pluck a group (also called a &#8216;flush&#8217;) of leaves, taking care to include a small portion of the stem containing two to five leaves and the tip.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Large Leaf-NEW\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-29369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-1536x731.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW-700x333.jpg 700w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tea-Large-Leaf-NEW.jpg 1575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Used to make most traditional caffeinated teas. The leaves are glossy green with serrated edges and are similar in both shape and size to a bay leaf. Considered hardy to Zone 7, Camellia sinensis can be cultivated in a backyard or in a container. Sun to part shade. Thrives in well-drained sandy soil and shouldn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[1987,796],"product_tag":[1557,1691,1612,1611],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/24184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=24184"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=24184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}