Chaenomeles | Japanese quince - 150-160cm, 25lt Mediterranean

Chaenomeles | Japanese quince - 150-160cm, 25lt MediterraneanChaenomeles, or Flowering Quince, is a dense, broad rounded, deciduous shrub with thorny, tangled branches and oblong, toothed, glossy, dark green leaves. Its lovely five petal, apple blossom shaped flowers in shades of pure white, coral pink, or scarlet red appear in late winter and brighten winter gardens with spectacular colours when almost no other plant is blooming. Edible yellow green fruits follow in summer and are excellent for jams and

rounded habit with ovate

Excellent as a specimen plant

It is tolerant of urban pollution and very suitable for urban gardens

They are followed by red berries that turn glossy black and persist on branches throughout the winter

ideal for privacy screens

Great when planted in masses

Masses of pure pink flowers with red calyxes bloom along bare branches in spring and are occasionally followed by red or yellow plums

solitary or in pairs

not fissured and corky as the species

It is great as a foundation plant

It is popular for its variegated foliage

is an elegant