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Please Help Identify This Shrub/Bush

by Teresa
(High Point, NC)

I found this shrub - more like a huge bush probably 15 feet tall and at least 25 feet wide, and covered with pink blossoms - in the NC mountains last Friday. I have searched shrubs and trees normally found in the NC mountains, but still cannot locate this one. Obviously, it blooms in April. I included an inset in the photo to show how the branches are loaded with flowers. Hope you can help. Thanks! Teresa

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Please Help Identify This Shrub/Bush

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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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