• WahotsOP
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    1 year ago

    That’s awesome! We have a Russian tea plant in our backyard. It likes the climate and promptly became a bush, haha.

    • LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Fun fact - Ceanothus americanus and Camellia sinensis both produce similar compounds. C. americanus was seen as a way to break the stranglehold that the East India Trading company had over the tea trade and played a role in the continental congress’ decision to declare independence from the British.