Sold outTea-garden rarityA naturally sweet tea leaf← Back to all plantsWhy We Grow It
Rubus chingii var. suavissimus
Sweetleaf raspberry
Hidden harvests · Unusual chemistry
An ordinary-looking bramble with an extraordinary leaf: traditionally dried or steeped for a naturally sweet cup and a rare tea-garden centerpiece.
- Useful part
- Leaves, traditionally dried or steeped
- Climate
- A North Alabama trial plant until farm stock is fully characterized
- Hardy to
- Provisional: USDA Zone 7 · about 0°F / −18°C
- Light
- Sun to part shade
- Ships as
- Rooted plant
We grow it because a familiar-looking bramble can also become a naturally sweet and genuinely unusual tea plant.
Grow with contextOffered as a culinary tea plant. Concentrated extracts and health claims are outside the scope of this nursery draft.
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