Tillie Worth
A pink-and-white variegated sport of 'Big Beauty' with thirty-one petals and unusually broad yellowish-green leaves — discovered in Slidell, Louisiana.
A variegated sport of 'Big Beauty,' first observed by Homer G. Fritchie of Slidell, Louisiana, then grafted and first blooming in 1950. The incomplete double flowers of 10 to 12 cm display pink and white with thirty-one petals and small petaloids. Notably, the foliage is distinctive: large, yellowish dark green, broadly ovate leaves with short blunt serrations. Growth is upright and compact. The local spelling 'Tillie Worth' is itself noted as an orthographic error of the registered name. Listed locally as 'Tillie Worth' and registered as 'Tillie Wirth.' Source: International Camellia Register.