Chinese Quince
Group of flowers and new leaves
Close up of flower
Fruit (quince) and mature leaf
Chaenomeles speciosa
Japonica, Flowering Quince, Cydonia,
Rosaceae
February to May and sporadically through the year,
including January.
It is scattered throughout the country, but is more common
in the South.
See the BSBI distribution map for Chinese Quince
It is a neophyte, which was introduced in the late
1700s and the early 1800s.
It was not recognised in the wild until the 1960s.
It is grown in gardens, parks and managed amenity areas.
The escape is found in woodland, hedgerows, scrub, rough
grassland and on waste ground
It is a shrub that grows up to 2m.
The flowers grow in clusters and are up to 5cm across.
They are bright red, orange or occasionally pink or white.
The fruits turn from green to yellow in the autumn.
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Group of flowers and new leaves
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