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Pink Shrub/Bush
by: GranTia in VA

looks like what I grew up calling apple japonica...for a number of years only saw it around old houses...when I researched it this year (saw it blooming in lots of yards) it was also being called a type of quince...
Never knew what it was called!!
by: Debbie from Ohio

All of a sudden after 10yrs of having this bush along the side of my home it is growing a large amount of fruit the size of small apples!! I took a few in the house and cut one open, it was difficult and slightly tasted the meat and it was sour and bitter. Do you say these are Quinces and you can make jelly from them??? That would be very interresting...please tell more about this fruit. Thanks
condor (Laura)
by: William Bicket

Most plants that don't do well in a shady area because they get too much water (if they require more sun). The mistake I believe is that you need to water more because the bush gets more light, thereby photosynthesizing much more efficiently. My quince is in a sunny area and I water it well. Also, becareful not to miss the blooms because A) the blossoms appear on the lower branches & B) If you prune at the wrong time you may be cutting off the spring blooms. My guess is that you simply need to water more. Good luck!
QUINCE
by: Anonymous

It looks like a quince to me.
condor
by: Laura

I have this bush and moved it from a wet shady area to a sunny drier place about 7 years ago. While I broke the taproot in the process, it has plenty of foliage but has never bloomed - in either location. My bush has no thorns. I have fertilized it in spring and fall and see from other sites that flowers come before the leaves in early spring. I live in Ontario zone 5. Does anyone have some suggestions?
flowering quince
by: Donna

there are a couple different flowering quinces, one that is as large as this was described and another that is only about 6 feet at its maximum height. we have one here in massachusetts (zone 5) that does not have any thorns (thankfully)--most do, but some do not. is it possible that the shrub/bush you found was at the site of an old cellar hole? many quinces have been grown on old farms and live to be vvvvery old.
Yipee !!
by: Barb

Good to hear that you have blooms in Ottawa. Hooray.

Yesterday, I looked out (just to admire the quince blooms here), and there were three Orioles, flitting from bloom to bloom, and singing their beautiful song.
To Barb and all if you're still reading
by: Shirley

My C. Speciosa bloomed this year! Ottawa is not too cold! Yippee !
The other quince
by: Shirley

I finally had time to look up the two quinces. There is C. speciosa the common one and C. japonica the short orangy one. I have both but it's the common one I can't get to bloom - I get lovely blossoms on my japonica. Since Teresa said the shrub was 15 feet tall, I'd say that the one in question is C. speciosa.
definately
by: Linda B

a beautiful Quince. You can make jelly from the fruit. A great little shrub in any garden. LB
Different quinces???
by: Shirley

Thanks Barb! I hope you're right! I wonder if we're talking about the same quince? I also have a more shrubby quince that blooms orange - about 18 inches high and also lovely. This one is the biggie, blooms more coral colour. It is currently at about 6 ft. and still a baby!!! i.e. less than a foot in diameter.
chaenomeles japonica
by: jo

definitely japanese flowering quince.
Quince
by: Barb in Ontario

I'm not far from Ottawa, so I don't think it is the cold stopping your baby from blooming. Maybe it just needs to get a little older.
Japanese Quince
by: Shirley

I go with Quince. My mother grew them in her B.C. garden and they were absolutely lovely. I have a baby at my Ottawa home that hasn't yet bloomed--are we too cold?
Quince
by: Barb, Ontario, Canada

Yes, there are thorns; yes the flowers come first; yes, I have harvested the Quince and made jelly. Not that I would do it again, mind you. One needs a hammer to crack this very hard fruit. Delicious, but labour-intensive !!
The Orioles which come make having the Quince bush worthwhile.
lOOKS LIKE A JAPANESE QUINCE
by: Barbara C

This blossoms appear to be those of a Japanese Quince Bush. The flowers come before the leaves, and the stems have small thorns on them. I can't see any thorns in your photo, but it is one thing you might want to check for to help identify it. Japanes quince get small hard green oval fruits later in the spring after it blooms and they grow until fall and can be harvested and made into jelly.
Hope that helps.
Quince
by: Barb

Apologies................I should have added that the my Quince bush is in Ontario, Canada.


Barb.
shrub id
by: Patricia

Flowering quince - chaenomeles....
It Looks VERY Much Like...................
by: Barb

...........my valued and beautiful Quince Bush in my back garden. The one that the Orioles come to every Spring !
Identify shrub
by: Tina

It looks like a pink globe mallow. The globe mallow is known for growing in the wild. Lovely plant.

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