Camellia sinensis "Rosea" Edible and the berries come a

and the berries come a little more sparingly

welcome where ground wants covering and a minor chore elsewhere

and this species offers the same edible reward on a smaller

three to five feet in time and a little wider

Native to the eastern United States

Camellia sinensis "Rosea" Edible and the berries come a'Rosea' is a pink flowered form of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, the same species behind every cup of green, black, white, and oolong tea, here carrying soft pink flowers in place of the usual white and a reddish flush through the new foliage. The leaves still make tea, so this is an ornamental and a useful plant at once, a little prettier in flower than the straight species and just as willing in the garden. Small pink blooms with bright yellow