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May 10, The flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) is a thorny, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a somewhat messy growth habit but beautiful red, orange, white, or pink flowers to go with shiny, dark green foliage. Related to roses, flowering quince has a thorny habit and easy-to-grow nature that makes it a good choice for barrier or border plantings.​ Mature Size: ft.

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wide. Pink Lady quince has thorny branches that bloom with clusters of rich pink flowers for weeks in early spring. Flowers eventually give way to yellow fruits that ripen in the fall. The fruits are often considered too bitter to eat off the shrub, but can be used in preserves and stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.

Apr 01, You’ll need to trim flowering quince back between autumn and before leaf break-in in springtime. This is the case with most other bushes that flower in spring. Most light pruning is generally undertaken just after flowering. Heavy structural pruning is done in winter while the plant is stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.

The brilliant colors of the Red Quince arrive in both the spring and the fall. A burst of scarlet in the springtime is followed by a display immersive fallen trees sse either red or yellow in the fall. In between, it's a hardy and drought-tolerant shrub that makes a deep green, densely branched backdrop for your brightly colored spring and summer blooms/5(19). Old-fashioned flowering quince shrubs are covered with long sharp thorns and drop messy fruit during the fall.

It really stands out among the more common yellows and pinks.

A new series of flowering quinces, named the Double Take flowering quince, grow. Feb 03, Some cultivars offer a few flowers again in autumn. Various species and cultivars exist, but the common flowering quince plants are most commonly planted. Common Japanese flowering quince shrubs grow to 10 feet (3 m.) tall and equally wide.

They are thorned plants, so they serve well in a defensive hedge or along a property stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.