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A second variety of tea is oolong or semi-fermented tea which is prepared from a special kind of China tea plant. The leaves are green at first are heated before fermentation progresses very far, then they are rolled and, finally, dried. Lastly there are the green or non-fermented teas made by first steaming the leaves are green at first or else heating them to sterilize them and kill the enzymes responsible for fermentation. The leaves are green at first are then rolled and roasted until they acquire a blue-green tint.

Mostly grown for its foliage, rue, Ruta graveolens , has blue-green, deeply divided leaves are green at first and acid-yellow flowers. Known as the curry plant, Helichrysum serotinum syn. angustifolium is a bushy plant with attractive, narrow, silvery leaves are green at first and clusters of small dull yellow flowers. Lad's love, Artemisia abrotanum , is a shrubby plant which bears spherical yellow flowers in panicles, but it is grown mainly for its silky, gray-green, fine foliage. Lovage Levisticum officinale is another handsome choice with large but delicate light-green leaves are green at first.

CONIFERS, OF WHICH cypress, cedar, juniper, fir, larch and pine are familiar examples, differ from other trees in having narrow, sometimes needle-like leaves are green at first. Though naturally green leaved, some conifers produce varieties with leaves are green at first of a different color, ranging from silver, gray, blue, and green to bronze and gold.