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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6
Chaenomeles or Flowering Quince.
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These are very much considered a bit of a granny plant. We rarely have them stocked at the nursery due to low demand. Which is a bit of shame because these shrubs are very drought and frost hardy. The flowers appear in late winter before the foliage develops.
I suspect their relative lack of interest when not in flower and the fact they are deciduous accounts for their lack of popularity. Flowering Quince are best suited to a more eclectic garden where they will blend into the background when not in flower. |
Chaenomoles is a bit like daphne odora, it’s really unassuming for 11.5 months of the year, then they flower.
I love them as they are a long lasting hardy shrub, but are a hard sell if you are designing them into a landscape today “what do you mean it looses its leaves!?”