Brilliant Gem CamelliaÂ
Camellia japonica ‘Hikarugenji‘ ‘Herme’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b  Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Â Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species:Â Â Japonica (Winter, Spring blooming)
Height at Maturity:Â 8-12′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity:Â 6-8′ depending on pruning
Spacing:Â 5′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between
Spacing:Â 5′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between
Flower Color:Â Â Salmon and Pink shades, Scarlet,White
Flower Size:Â Large, 4″
Flowering Period:Â Late Winter, Early Spring
Flower Type:Â Semi Double to Double
Fragrant Flowers:Â Yes
Foliage Color:Â Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Berries:Â Â No
Berry Color:Â NA
Sun Needs:Â Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun
Water Needs:Â Â Average, Lower when established
Soil Type:Â Â Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), SiltÂ
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Well Drained Moist
Soil pH:Â 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Resistances:Â Deer –Â more info, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances:Â Â Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Attracts:Â Visual Attention
Description
A long bloomer and a flamboyant addition to your garden, the Brilliant Gem Camellia produces an abundance of spectacular and stunning, fragrant, semi-double to full-double flowers with rich salmon-pink petals edged in white and variably painted with bright pink and random scarlet streaks. The flowers are produced in abundance over a long season from mid to late winter well into spring. A bright and festive but also durable and reliable camellia, Hermes presence in many older gardens today is a testament as to why it has stood the time since in was first introduced in 1859.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, depending on pruning, the Brilliant Gem Camellia can be grown as a shrub or small tree. As a shrub this beauty is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as hedge or background plant in landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. As this camellia grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive and colorful small evergreen tree that serves well as a focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, pink theme gardens, Asian gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors during winter by those who garden above USDA Zone 7a, where this camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone
Spacing:Â Â 5 to 6 feet apart for a solid hedge; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note:Â Â For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Camellias.
- Planting Camellias
- Pruning Camellias
- How To Fertilize & Water Camellias
- How To Espalier Plants & Trees
*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.
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