Middlemist's Red camellia growing in a garden - Pridannikov/Getty Images Camellia japonica 'Middlemist's Red' is one of the rarest flowering plants in the world. It was first collected from China in ...

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 ...

09 March 2010 • 7:00am Head gardener, Fiona Crumley, watering the ''Middlemist's Red'', one of the world's rarest camellias, blooming in the reconstructed 19th century greenhouse at Chiswick House, ...

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 ...

Middlemist's Red, considered the world's rarest flower, exists in only two known locations: London and New Zealand. Brought from China in 1804 by John Middlemist, it vanished from its native habitat.

The Middlemist Red camellia, considered the world's rarest, is in full bloom at Chiswick House and Gardens conservatory. The camellia, one of only two in the world (the other is located in New Zealand ...

CAMELLIAS are the Horticultural Trades Association plant of the month for February, and there's nowhere better to see why than at Chiswick House's annual free Camellia Show. From February 11 to March ...

Camellia japonica 'Middlemist's Red'. This rare bloom was brought to Britain from China in 1804 by a Shepherd's Bush nurseryman, and one of only two in the world known to exist Picture: John Fielding ...