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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 16 to 32 feet (5-10 m)
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Fermented
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Chinese Quince
  • Chinese False-Quince
  • Karin
  • Mugua
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pseudocydonia sinensis
  • Synonym: Chaenomeles sinensis

Photo Gallery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-03-24
Beautiful flaking bark
Uploaded by kreemoweet

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-03-24
Beautiful flaking bark
Uploaded by kreemoweet
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2009-09-13
Pseudocydonia sinensis
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2006-03-29
Pseudocydonia sinensis
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2006-03-29
Pseudocydonia sinensis
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2007-10-28
Pseudocydonia sinensis
Location: Norfolk, VA
Date: 2010-10-09
Pseudocydonia sinensis
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