Lady Hume Blush
One of the earliest camellias imported to England — first illustrated in 1812, its pale dawn-pink tiered formal double has been grown continuously for over two centuries.
Among the oldest camellia cultivars in Western cultivation, first illustrated in Andrew's Botanical Repository (1812) as 'flore pleno Incarnato.' Listed as 'The Blush Camellia' in The Botanical Register (1816) and given its cultivar name in Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet (1818). The formal double flowers of 7 to 9 cm display pale dawn pink with a distinctive tiered or hexagonal imbrication of obovate petals. Growth is upright and spreading. Received the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Has been grown continuously for over two centuries on both sides of the Atlantic. Listed locally as 'Lady Hume Blush' and registered as 'Incarnata.' Source: International Camellia Register.