Strange bush identification

FuzzyFrog

Hi,

This bush flowers early in the year, a pink flower. Sometimes it can flower in parts again later in the year. It has a strange apple like bud which contains seeds. Any ideas?

FuzzyFrog

Inside of fruit...

looksee

Its a quince, which has an edible fruit (or at least you can cook it, make quince jelly, which is very nice), you wouldn't just eat them.

They are chaenomeles, but not sure which one, the leaves look a bit big to me. Very pretty early flower.

ednwireland

put it through plant snap it reckons
Chaenomeles japonica, known as Maule's quince, is a species of flowering quince. It is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species C. speciosa, growing to only about 1 m in height. The fruit is called Kusa-boke (--- Kusa-boke-) in Japanese.

FuzzyFrog

That's it alright, I really like it

pawrick

Have a couple of the exact same plants in my garden and this year seems to have had way more fruit than any other for me.

FuzzyFrog

pawrick wrote: »

Have a couple of the exact same plants in my garden and this year seems to have had way more fruit than any other for me.

100% same here!