Chinese Sweetplum

The Sageretia loses leaves at temperatures below 55F. It loses minor branches if the temperature dips below 25F. Below 25F the tree will ...Read Moreexperience major dieback, but can recover (the tree buds easily from old wood, new wood, roots)

I have not grown this plant. Chinese Sweetplum (Sageretia thea) is also known as pauper's tea, theezans tea, largola, drangu, ankol, kau...Read Moreli and mock buckthorn and is an endemic naturalized (introduced) Texas plant. It is native to China, India, Southeast Asia and the Philippines. It is cultivated occasionally in India and the southern area of China).