| Scientific Name: | Chaenomeles speciosa |
| Common Name: | flowering quince |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Mixed shrub border, Spring interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Pome, Green-yellow, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub dense, twiggy, spiny, new growth red-purple to glossy dark green; leaves lalternate, most blades ovate-oblong, 3-8cm long x 2-4cm wide, finely serrulate, petiole 5-10mm long, rounded stipules, 1-3.5cm long; flowers 3-5xm wide, commonly scarlet red (pink and white cultivars), April, before leaves; pomes 4-6cm long, yellow. Winter ID: some nodes with thorns or clusters of globular flower buds. | |