Due to the harvesting of its leaves, a tea plant does not get bigger; instead its trunk thickens. So a tea field looks more like a bonsai forest. But left unchecked, Camellia Sinensis and Camellia Assamica can grow to a height of several metres. Here is Rudra Sharma, the planter at Poobong in India, in front of one of his wild tea plants.
The tea plant that didn’t stop growing
15 July 2014
Wow!! Beauty of nature in India through your lovely photography and well written posts..I liked this post mainly because u mentioned about bonsai…I’m bonsai lover from chennai, India..keep posting.. Happy Tea discovering..