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There is a category of shrubs and trees that produce flowers before the leaves arrive in early spring, creating a wonderful tableau of bloom and branch. One of my favorites is Chaenomeles speciosa, ...

There is a rather ordinary low hedge on my neighbor’s property that does not attract much attention until early winter, when its buds break out into vibrant pink blooms. This deciduous plant is ...

Until we moved to an old house on two patchwork-planted acres, I had never seen a flowering quince. When I first inspected them in June, I was underwhelmed. Each was a thicket of twiggy, green-leafed ...

Can you remember a visit to your grandparents’ home and the fascination with what was growing in their yard? Perhaps one of the shrubs was one that we value today and it is just finishing its bloom ...

Q. I’m interested in growing a small flowering quince in a color other than orange. I also want to keep this shrub shorter than 3 feet. –Caroline Harkness, Chicago A. While most flowering quince ...

The first time I saw a flowering quince was about 25 years ago east of Tallahassee in Monticello. A co-worker and her husband purchased an old home from a fabulous gardener and she wanted me to come ...

Chaenomeles, pronounced “kee-NOM-uh-leez,” is a pretty word that describes a small genus of shrubs commonly known as flowering quinces. It comes from the Greek “chainein,” meaning to split, and “melea ...

My wife asked me to send you these pictures to ask what kind of bush this is. As you can see there are blooms on the plant now and they will stay on the plant for a long time. We would love to know ...

Q: I've seen a few quince plants around my neighborhood (Glen Iris) and they are flowering now [late December]. The flowers are pink. I have also seen other quince – mine! – that are not flowering now ...

Flowering quince – Chaenomeles sp. Flowering quince is an heirloom plant, that was grown in your grandmother’s garden. The older variety was C. japonica. People couldn't pronounce the genus ...