Japanese Quince
Formats
Ornamental shrub producing edible fruits. Cultivated as an isolated shrub, in groups, hedges or rockery and even as a bonsai. It has also an ornamental value for its beautiful leaves. Produces a sour-tasting and hard edible fruit. Jellies and jams are made with it.
Deciduous and thorny fruit tree growing up to 3 m. The leaves are egg-shaped and shiny green. The reddish flowers grow before the leaves. The edible and aromatic fruit looks like yellow-greenish apples.
Adapts to any soils.
Soak the seeds in cool water for 24 hours and stratify in cold for 90 days before the sowing. Sowing temperatures 13ºC/18ºC.
Use
Bonsai, Cut flower, Fruit production, Gardening
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Flowering
| Flower colour | Red |
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| Flowering period | March, April, July, August, Spring, Summer |
Foliage
| Foliage persistence | Deciduous |
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Botanical information
| Botanical name | Chaenomeles japonica |
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| Other attributes | Thorny |
When to plant?
| Sowing period | January, February, March, December, Winter |
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| Harvest period | January, November, December, Autumn, Winter |
| Stratification | Yes |
| Average germination (%) | 70 |
| Seeds per gram | 16 |
Where to plant?
| Type of use | Bonsai, Cut flower, Fruit production, Gardening |
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| Exposure | Sun |
| Soil pH | Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil type | No preference |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Climate zone | Mediterranean |
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