How do you grow your own tea leaves in the back yard so you can harvest your own tea .I live in sunny socal .?

Question

Where do yopu get the seeds or seedlings and what kind do you look for? I just love too drink lipton ice tea and I also like growing a real green yard so this could be a fun project for me.

Answer 1

Tea comes from the young shoots of a Camellia species. You may be able to get the cultivar used for tea from mail-order nursery! Good luck.