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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 m)
Plant Spread: 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 m)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Red
Multi-Color: red, pink, white
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Flowering Quince

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Location: Middle TN
Location: in my shade garden garden
Date: 03-17-2007
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki'
Location: in my sister's garden
Date: 03-17-2020
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki'
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-13
Location: in my sister's garden
Date: 03-17-2007
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki'
Location: in my shade garden garden
Date: 03-17-2020
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki'
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2014-03-31
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2017-09-15
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-02
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-13
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-02-21
Blossoming Quince 004
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-02
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-07-18
First year planting.
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-11
"Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2018 photo, Flowering Quinc
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-13
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2014-04-13
Some of the blooms are solid red
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-02-21
Blossoming Quince 006
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-02-21
Blossoming Quince 002
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-01
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2016, Flowering Quince, kee-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-01
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2016, Flowering Quince, kee-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-01
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2016, Flowering Quince, kee-
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-19
fully opened blooms often show red, pink, and white on the same b
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: 2012-03-13
Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2014-04-28
Developing approximately 1 month after flowering.
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-11
"Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2018 photo, Flowering Quinc
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-11
"Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2018 photo, Flowering Quinc
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-11
"Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki', 2018 photo, Flowering Quinc
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