This product is offered for sale for home delivery exclusively via our website only. The images represent established plants, the supplied product may be younger. All heights listed are approximate and fully established plant heights may vary. The amount of foliage, buds or bloom on the plant will depend on what part of the season the product is purchased. Please see description below for full product details.A particularly attractive variety or flowering quince, 'Orange Trail' produces masses of bloom along its branches in a vivid display of orange/red, each flower highlighted by a central crown of yellow anthers. Ornamental quinces bring a welcome flush of colour to the garden in spring, when their bare twigs become smothered in flowers before the glossy, dark green leaves appear. Ideal to train as a climbing shrub against a wall or fence or placed at the back of a border where their spring blossom can really shine. Incredibly easy to grow, Japanese quince will tolerate most soil types and aspects, including shade, which makes them invaluable for brightening dull corners of the garden and being a wide spreading shrub with thorny branches, it makes a perfect security hedge to deter unwanted visitors. Additionally, they have also shown good resistance to honey fungus - ideal if your garden is susceptible. Not just a pretty face, quinces develop apple-like fruit with a distinctive, sweetly fragrant aroma when ripe and can be cooked and made into jelly, making them the perfect decorative addition to any grow your own project. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready for immediate planting.Top Tips- Flowering quince plants are low maintenance, but they do benefit from regular pruning in late spring/early summer to keep them flowering well.Care GuidePlanting Advice for your Flowering Quince:- Plant in any moist, well drained garden soil, in full sun or semi-shade.- Water your potted plant well.- Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.- Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.- Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.- Sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi (Rootgrow) into the base of the hole and onto the roots.- Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.- Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).- Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.- Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.Aftercare Advice for Chaenomeles Quince:- Drought tolerant once established, keep plants well-watered in their first year.Pruning Advice for Chaenomeles:- After flowering, prune side-shoots to five or six leaves and remove crossing stems. Once established, take out excess growth in late spring or summer and cut back all side-shoots to two or three leaves.Planting Time:February - NovemberFlowering Time:March - MayFruiting Time:September - OctoberAbout You GardenEstablished for over 50 years, our award winning trusted plant supplier are based in South Lincolnshire. Their experienced team take care of a wide variety of both native and continental plants.Delivery InformationThis product benefits from a specialised plant shipment service and is delivered directly from the supplier. All products are packaged with extreme care and transported in specially designed plant containers. Delivery is only available to mainland England and Wales (see delivery exclusion information below) for this product. Please be aware when ordering multiple plants they may be arrive on different dates. This is due to some of the products being dispatched from separate warehouses to ensure the best conditions for delivery.Delivery exclusions: Regrettably we are unable to deliver to: AB, BT, DD8-11, GY, HS, IM, IV, JE, KA27-28, KW, PA20-80, PH19-50, TR21-25, ZE. Order received to excluded delivery location will be automatically cancelled and refunded. Please note: Plants and trees are classed as perishable goods and are excluded from our returns policy. This does not affect your statutory rights. See our Cancellation & Returns page for further details.In the unlikely event that you receive your goods damaged or you have been sent the incorrect item, please report your issues to our customer service team within 24 hours. Perishable goods cannot be returned unless we have sent the wrong item, or they are damaged.
Chaenomeles x superba 'Elly Mossel' bears bright scarlet red flowers as the leaves begin to emerge in March, providing a useful early source of nectar for bees. The stunning blooms give way to green, apple-like fruits with a soft, sweet scent that turn to a golden shade as autumn arrives. These fruits, despite being unpalatable when raw, are delicious when cooked and also make a fabulous jam. The Japanese Quince is a neat, rounded shrub that is the perfect addition to your woodland gardens, mixed borders and cottage gardens. It can also be trained as a wall shrub. Height: 1.2m (4'). Spread: 2m (6.5').
Chaenomeles x superba 'Nicoline', winner of an RHS AGM, features vivid red flowers which appear just as the leaves emerge in March. Green, apple-like fruits with a delicate, sweet fragrance appear after the stunning flowers, turning a gorgeous golden colour as summer progresses into autumn. The fruits of the Flowering Quince are unpleasant in their raw form, but can be enjoyed cooked and also made into a tasty jam. This Japanese Quince is perfect for training as a wall shrub and is also well suited to cottage gardens, woodland gardens and mixed borders, thanks to its compact, spreading habit. Height: 1.2cm (4'). Spread: 2m (6.5').
Chaenomeles x superba 'Pink Lady is a lovely early spring flowering shrub, that has won the Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. This cultivar of Japanese Quince has coral pink, cup shaped flowers that provide nectar early in the growing season, for pollinating insects.
Chaenomeles japonica 'Sargentii' is a delightful shrub that has tangerine orange flowers, in spring, as the leaves emerge in March. The flowers then are followed by quince fruits, which turn golden as autumn arrives. They are not suitable for eating raw, but make a scrumptious jam. As well as a standalone shrub in a border, it can also be trained up sunny walls and fences, offering a vibrant backdrop to flowering spring bulbs in garden borders or planters. Height: 1m (3'). Spread: 2m (6').
Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Gold' is a compact, low growing shrub that flowers in early spring. It produces small red flowers, with golden yellow anthers, on bare branches in early spring before the foliage appears.
A particularly attractive variety or flowering quince, 'Orange Trail' produces masses of bloom along its branches in a vivid display of orange/red, each flower highlighted by a crentral crown of yellow anthers. Ornamental quinces bring a welcome flush of colour to the garden in spring, when their bare twigs become smothered in flowers before the glossy, dark green leaves appear. Ideal to train as a climbing shrub against a wall or fence or placed at the back of a border where their spring blossom can really shine. Incredibly easy to grow, Japanese quince will tolerate most soil types and aspects, including shade, which makes them invaluable for brightening dull corners of the garden and being a wide spreading shrub with thorny branches, it makes a perfect security hedge to deter unwanted visitors. Additionally, they have also shown good resistance to honey fungus - ideal if your garden is susceptible. Not just a pretty face, quinces develop apple-like fruit with a distinctive, sweetly fragrant aroma when ripe and can be cooked and made into jelly, making them the perfect decorative addition to any grow your own project. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready for immediate planting.