Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki' 9/2021 Flowering Quince-
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki' 9/2021 Flowering Quince- () Flowering Quince, Mature size: 4x4’, White, pink and red flowers on the same plant, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 5a, In Garden Bed N1,06 a9 for 8.3 YEARS (Lowes,). Planted in 2013.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Chaenomeles speciosa, commonly called flowering quince, is a dense, broad-rounded, deciduous shrub with often-tangled, spiny, gray-brown twigs. It typically grows to 6-10’ tall and as wide. It is native to China, Tibet and Myanmar (Burma). Scarlet to red (less frequently pink or white) five-petaled flowers (to 2” diameter) bloom before the leaves fully unfold in an often showy early spring bloom (late March - April). Flowers are followed by hard, dot-speckled, edible, yellowish-green fruits (2.5” quinces) that are rather bitter when eaten fresh from the shrub, but quite tasty in preserves and jellies. Finely-toothed, oval to oblong, glossy dark green leaves (to 3.5” long).
Noted for bearing flowers of different colors (pinks, reds and whites) on the same branches. Interesting color variations also may occur on the same flower. Planted in 2013. No flowers yet, 2015. Apple like fruit. Suckers agreesively.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 18, 20, 21:
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki' 9/2021 Flowering Quince-
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki' 9/2021 Flowering Quince- () Flowering Quince, Mature size: 4x4’, White, pink and red flowers on the same plant, USDA Hardiness Zone 4, Michigan Bloom Month 5a, In Garden Bed N1,06 a9 for 8.3 YEARS (Lowes,). Planted in 2013.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Chaenomeles speciosa, commonly called flowering quince, is a dense, broad-rounded, deciduous shrub with often-tangled, spiny, gray-brown twigs. It typically grows to 6-10’ tall and as wide. It is native to China, Tibet and Myanmar (Burma). Scarlet to red (less frequently pink or white) five-petaled flowers (to 2” diameter) bloom before the leaves fully unfold in an often showy early spring bloom (late March - April). Flowers are followed by hard, dot-speckled, edible, yellowish-green fruits (2.5” quinces) that are rather bitter when eaten fresh from the shrub, but quite tasty in preserves and jellies. Finely-toothed, oval to oblong, glossy dark green leaves (to 3.5” long).
Noted for bearing flowers of different colors (pinks, reds and whites) on the same branches. Interesting color variations also may occur on the same flower. Planted in 2013. No flowers yet, 2015. Apple like fruit. Suckers agreesively.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 18, 20, 21: