Is East China tea evergreen or deciduous trees?

East China tea is called Chidan, is a variety of camellias, the ancient name sea pomegranate. There are nicknames such as jade camellia and Niidong, which are also divided into Sichuan camellia and late mountain tea. So, is East China tea evergreen or deciduous trees?

Is East China tea evergreen or deciduous trees?

East China tea is an evergreen shrub and small tree. Originated in East China, bright red, more than 70 petals, arranged in 8-9 rounds, petals obliquely ovoid, apex sunken, thick, medium-sized flowers. Its mutant varieties are "Fandan" and "mandarin duck and Phoenix crown". It has high ornamental value.

II. Propagation methods of East China Tea

1. Cuttage propagation

It is the most suitable around the middle of June and the end of August. The semi-mature branches of the same year with abundant external tissue, complete leaves and full leaf buds were selected as cuttings with long 8~10cm and 2 leaves at the apex. When cutting, the base takes a little old branch as far as possible, it is easy to form callus after insertion, and the root is fast. Cuttings cut early in the morning, to cut along with the cutting, insert the substrate of about 3 cm, cuttings require leaves to hand over each other, after cutting with fingers. It is better to insert it shallowly, so that it can heal and take root quickly. The inserting bed should be shaded, spray the leaf surface every day, keep it moist, keep the temperature at 20: 25 ℃, heal about 3 weeks after insertion, and take root after 6 weeks. Transplant into pot when the root is 3~4cm. When cutting, 0.4% 0.5% indolebutyric acid solution was dipped in the base of the cuttings for 2-5 seconds, which could obviously promote rooting.

2. Striping propagation

In rainy season, strong 1-year-old branches were selected and peeled in ring from the top 20cm, wide 1cm, covered with rotten leaf soil and covered with plastic film, rooting after about 60 days, cut off can be potted directly, and the survival rate was high.