After 200 years one of the world’s rarest Middlemists red camellias gets new lease on life

March 10, 2010 · Print This Article


It lived through the Battle of Trafalgar, survived the reign of Victoria and escaped unharmed from a Blitz bomb.So it’s going to take more than a harsh British winter to stop one of the world’s rarest camellias from bursting into flower. that week - in a welcome sign that spring is just around the corner - the ‘Middlemist’s

Red’ has put on its most spectacular display in many years. Brought from China to England more than 200 years ago, it is enjoying a new lease of life thanks to the restoration of its 19th century conservatory at Chiswick House, west London, where it is pictured being tended by head gardener Fiona Crumley.

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