Chaenomeles japonica 'Moned' 9/2021 Flowering Quince-
Chaenomeles japonica 'Moned' 9/2021 Flowering Quince- () Flowering Quince, Mature size: 5x5’, Red , USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 5a-c, In Garden Bed N1,02 a9 for 24.4 YEARS (Builders). Planted in 1997.
Monrovia: Huge, bright red blooms precede foliage, among first to appear each year and long-lasting! Wonderful upright grower for hedge or shrub. Ornamental, greenish-yellow quince-like fruit mature with a red blush in the fall, and attracts birds. Deciduous.
There are many varieties of Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and common flowering quince (C. speciosa, C. lagenaria), which are attractive shrubs bearing showy pink, red or orange flowers in early spring. Differing from true edible Qunce, (Cydonia oblonga), most of these ornamentals species produce fruits that hard and nearly inedible, though they do have a high pectin content and are occasionally mixed with other fruits in jellies and preserves.
Northeast fenceline. Chaenomeles is a genus of three species of deciduous spiny shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Japan, China and Korea natives. Tons of suckers.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21:
Chaenomeles japonica 'Moned' 9/2021 Flowering Quince-
Chaenomeles japonica 'Moned' 9/2021 Flowering Quince- () Flowering Quince, Mature size: 5x5’, Red , USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 5a-c, In Garden Bed N1,02 a9 for 24.4 YEARS (Builders). Planted in 1997.
Monrovia: Huge, bright red blooms precede foliage, among first to appear each year and long-lasting! Wonderful upright grower for hedge or shrub. Ornamental, greenish-yellow quince-like fruit mature with a red blush in the fall, and attracts birds. Deciduous.
There are many varieties of Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and common flowering quince (C. speciosa, C. lagenaria), which are attractive shrubs bearing showy pink, red or orange flowers in early spring. Differing from true edible Qunce, (Cydonia oblonga), most of these ornamentals species produce fruits that hard and nearly inedible, though they do have a high pectin content and are occasionally mixed with other fruits in jellies and preserves.
Northeast fenceline. Chaenomeles is a genus of three species of deciduous spiny shrubs in the family Rosaceae. Japan, China and Korea natives. Tons of suckers.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21: