Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles × superba 'Pink Lady'
Common Name: Flowering Quince
Genus: Chaenomeles
Species: × superba
Cultivar: 'Pink Lady'
Category: Climbers & Wall Shrubs
Height: 1.50 m (150 cm)
Spread: 2.00 m (200 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Average
Flowering Period: March to May
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil: Moderately fertile well-drained soil
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Dry, well drained or Moist, but well drained
Features: Makes good cut flowers, Has interesting/colourful ornamental fruit
- Other features: aromatic green fruit ripening to yellow (palatable when cooked and often used in preserves and jellies); the flowering stems are useful in indoor flower arrangements
Delightful dark pink cup-shaped flowers from March to May followed by aromatic green fruit and glossy oval mid-green leaves. This fabulous flowering quince is perfect for training against a wall or fence in sun or partial shade. Flowering earlier than other varieties, it provides valuable early spring colour for a moderately fertile well-drained site.
- Garden care: After flowering prune side-shoots to five or six leaves and remove crossing or ill-placed stems. Once established remove excess growth in late spring or summer and cut back all side-shoots to two or three leaves.
Similar Plants:
Japanese Quince
Chaenomeles x superba 'Pink Lady'
Flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis'
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Chaenomeles × superba 'Crimson and Gold'
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