World's largest camellia maze erupts into bloom

World’s largest camellia maze erupts into bloom as stunning pink flowers create a ‘candy coloured labyrinth’ on Cornish estate

• Circular maze, located at Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, is made up of rows of camellias
• The pink flowers have just started to bloom as the mild weather in the South West continues to improve
• Flora at Tregothnan, translated from Cornish as House at The Head of The Valley, cherished for centuries

The world’s largest camellia maze has erupted into bloom as stunning pink flowers create a ‘candy coloured labyrinth’.

The circular maze, which is located at Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, is made up of rows of camellias bursting out of the green hedges.

The flowers have just started to bloom as the mild weather in the South West continues to improve.

The world’s largest camellia maze has erupted into bloom as stunning pink flowers create a ‘candy coloured labyrinth’

The circular maze, which is located at Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, is made up of rows of pink camellias that are bursting out of the green hedges

The vibrant pink flowers have just started to bloom as the mild weather in the South West continues to improve (aerial shot)

A spokesperson for Tregothnan estate said: ‘It’s a very large maze, which is highly unusually made from Camellia.

‘The largest mazes in the world are made from ash or beech, something more suitable for hedge pruning.

‘Camellia is not an obvious choice, but as Tregothnan is the home of Camellia in the UK, that had to be the material used for the Tregothnan maze.

Mazes are usually made from ash or beech – given that they are more suitable for hedge pruning – but the one on the Tregothnan Estate is made up of camellia

A spokesperson for Tregothnan estate said: ‘Camellia is not an obvious choice, but as Tregothnan is the home of Camellia in the UK, that had to be the material used for the Tregothnan maze’

In March the maze on the Estate in Cornwall blooms in pink bud, creating ‘overwhelming beauty for this candy coloured labyrinth’ 

‘In March the maze blooms in pink bud, creating overwhelming beauty for this candy coloured labyrinth.’

The flora at Tregothnan, which translated from Cornish means The House at The Head of The Valley, has been cherished for many centuries. 

From the 1840s it became a global hotspot for botanical innovations and ‘the most introduced plants anywhere in the world now flourish in Cornwall,’ according to horticulturalist Philip McMillan Browse. 

The circular maze is made up of rows of pink camellias that are bursting out of the green hedges

The flora at Tregothnan, which translated from Cornish means The House at The Head of The Valley, has been cherished for many centuries

From the 1840s the estate became a global hotspot for botanical innovations and ‘the most introduced plants anywhere in the world now flourish in Cornwall,’ according to horticulturalist Philip McMillan Browse

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