Camellia Show

The Camellias of Chiswick House are widely regarded as one of the finest Collections in the country and certainly the oldest Camellia Collection in the glorious setting of the historic and fully restored Conservatory. Come and visit to see rare and historically important examples of these beautiful plants, with a gorgeous array of blooms; pink, red, white and striped. Today’s Conservatory collection of 33 different varieties includes many of the earliest varieties introduced to Britain in 1828. Among them is the unique Middlemist’s red, originally brought from China in 1804 by Londoner John Middlemist, a nurseryman from Shepherds Bush. It is one of only two in the world known to exist – the other being in Waitangi in New Zealand.