Botanical Name: Chaenomeles speciosa
Common Name: Flowering quince
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape dense, spreading shrub, usually forming an upright, rounded shape with ascending branches
Height 4-8'
Spread 4-8'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most any soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 1-21)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, elliptic to oblong, 2-3" long frequently bronzy when young – margins usually serrate - branches thorny
Flowers showy pink, red or white flowers, 1-1 1/2" across along stems
Fruit small hardened pome
 
Propagation:
seed, root cuttings
 
Usage:
barrier, hedge, background plant, sometimes espaliered, treated as a bonsai specimen - used for striking display of flowers in winter
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average water
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back and thin out yearly, during or after bloom
Pests/Diseases none major - chlorosis in heavy clay soils
Special Conditions/Other blooms best in cold-winter areas; many cultivars available
 
Origin: hybrids
Family: Rosaceae

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