General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Flowering Quince

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: The Natural State (Arkansas)
Date: 2020-03-03
After pruning last year, we finally have blooms this year!
Location: North Louisiana
Date: 2020-03-07
Near or at Peak
Location: The Natural State (Arkansas)
Date: 2020-03-03
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2021-05-16
From my grandmother.  It is beautiful but thorny and suckers.  Be
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2023-07-12
Thorny!
Location: Oregon 
Date: 2019-04-04
JAPANESE QUINCE
Location: Oregon 
Date: 2019
JAPANESE QUINCE
Location: Arkansas
Date: 2019-08-06
Location: DISCLAIMER: This is an old photo from an old phone. I don't know why, but the photos look "deep fried". sorry about that.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-31
Location: Arkansas
Date: 2019-08-06
pitiful looking since my mother passed away. in need of some TLC
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-30
Comments:
  • Posted by codielane (Arkansas - Zone 7b) on Sep 29, 2019 2:43 PM concerning plant:
    My grandparents call this plant "Japonica". I have one in my yard that has failed to flower for several years. I've been doing some research on pruning this bush and found that the options are either:
    1.) prune in the spring after it flowers, or
    2.) prune in late winter, during dormancy.
    (Pruning in winter would remove any flowers for that year.)

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