(C.japonica) Womak, 1962-1963, American Camellia Yearbook, p.1: ‘The beautiful Urabec

seedling Tiffany, which can be best described as very large, loose peony form, the colour

closely resembling Debutante.’ Dekker, 1964, American Camellia Yearbook, p.64, colour pl.

facing p.212: (Plant Patent No,2159) Grown from Japanese camellia seed provided by Ralph

Peer, by Dr John H. Urabec, La Canada, California. Select Camellia Inc. Catalogue, 1963: A

large size 6” informal double flower of a warm pink with stamens intermixed with petaloids, a

very large rose form to loose irregular, semi-double. Blooms mid-season to late on a vigorous,

upright shrub with large, mid-green leaves. First flowered 1956. Reg. No.707, American

Camellia Yearbook, 1965. This cultivar has received the following awards: Margarete

Hertrich Award, 1964; John Illges Award, 1966; William. E Woodroof, Camellia Hall of

Fame Award, 1978; National Camellia Hall of Fame award, 1978. See colour photos: p.120,

Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias and front cover, SCCS., 1964, The

Camellia Review, vol.26, No.1. Sport: Tiffany Variegated. Chinese synonym: ‘Sishaluo’.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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