Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' 24/10 Restock growing Camellia sinensis for tea

growing Camellia sinensis for tea since the 1960s

The result shows in the fruit: a handsome orange with a smooth peel and few seeds

and like them casts a little juglone into the soil

glossy evergreen leaves the species is named for

Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' 24/10 Restock growing Camellia sinensis for teaCephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' is the columnar Japanese plum yew, a needle leaf evergreen of distinctive upright form, the dark green, glossy needles arranged in dense whorls around stiffly erect branches like a green bottlebrush held vertical. An ancient Japanese and Korean clone, the plant occasionally throws a shoot of the flat, two ranked foliage typical of the wild species, a quiet reminder of the parent. This is one of the most useful