| Scientific Name: | Cydonia oblonga |
| Common Name: | quince |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Shade tree, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Pome, Yellow, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most broadly elliptic, 6-11cm x 5-8cm, margin entire, densely pubescent; flowers, with five white or pink petals, 5cm wide; fruit round to pear-shaped, pubescent, 6-9cm long. Winter ID: twigs brown to nearly black and covered in grey pubescence. | |