Pete Tillman
Red camellia
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, Palo Alto.
Camellias were in fine form yesterday on our brief visit.
Keep this lovely garden in mind when visiting the Stanford-Menlo Park-Palo Alto area. Admission is free, plenty of free parking -- and it's a great place: www.gamblegarden.org/visit-us/
10 minute drive (in normal traffic) from Stanford Medical.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia
"a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–300 described species"
And en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis
is the plant that yields tea!
"White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, .... and black tea are all harvested from one of two major varieties grown today, C. sinensis var. sinensis and C. s. var. assamica, but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and green being the least."
My usual morning beverage. I'm finishing a cup of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsang_souchong as I type this. Many varieties!
Red camellia
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, Palo Alto.
Camellias were in fine form yesterday on our brief visit.
Keep this lovely garden in mind when visiting the Stanford-Menlo Park-Palo Alto area. Admission is free, plenty of free parking -- and it's a great place: www.gamblegarden.org/visit-us/
10 minute drive (in normal traffic) from Stanford Medical.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia
"a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–300 described species"
And en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia_sinensis
is the plant that yields tea!
"White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, .... and black tea are all harvested from one of two major varieties grown today, C. sinensis var. sinensis and C. s. var. assamica, but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and green being the least."
My usual morning beverage. I'm finishing a cup of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsang_souchong as I type this. Many varieties!