Quinces bear 1- to 2-inch flowers in white and shades of red and pink. Some have a single ring of petals, others many overlapping petals. The 1 1/2- to 3-inch leaves are bronzy in early spring before they turn dark green. Low growing types (3 feet or less) look good beneath windows or in shrub borders. Taller types (5 to 6 feet) are valuable as hedges, isolated specimens, borders, and for espaliering on walls or fences. Branches cut in midwinter bloom indoors.
Flowering quinces grow in Zones 6-10. All do best in full sun and will grow in almost any soil. Since they begin growth so early in the Spring, it is advisable to plant them in the fall if they are bought bare-rooted. Do not prune until flowers have faded on the current season's growth. They can be propagated from softwood cuttings of new growth in late spring or early summer, from semihardwood cuttings of more mature growth in mid- or late summer, or from hardwood cuttings of dormant leafless growth in fall or winter. Quinces can also be propagated by taking root cuttings, by digging up and replanting underground offshoots known as suckers, and by forcing a branch to grow roots by the method known as ground layering.
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5/21/03. Just delivered red flowering quince.
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5/21/03. Potted up because it's so wet and until I see how it does.
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5/25/03. Just beginning to show some leafing out.
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