| Scientific Name: | Chaenomeles x superba |
| Common Name: | dwarf quince, hybrid flowering quince |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Pink, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Pome, Yellow, Green-yellow, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small thorny shrub of spreading habit; leaves alternate, obovate, 2-5cm long x 1-3cm wide, glossy; flowers 3-4cm wide, deep crimson with prominent golden anthers. Winter ID: thorn or multiple rounded flower buds at some nodes. | |