Cameo Flowering Quince - 2 Gallon Pot
$38.48
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Cameo Flowering Quince - 2 Gallon Pot
$38.48
Sale price
$38.48
Regular price
$40.00
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Description
Cameo Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles x superba 'Cameo'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3-4'
Width at Maturity: 4-5'
Spacing: 3-4' for solid hedges; 8'+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Mounding, Rounded
Growth Rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Peachy Orange-Pink
Flower Size: 2"
Flowering Period: Early through Mid-Spring
Flower Type: Semi-Double
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Glossy Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Fruit: Yes. Yellow to Green, Fragrant, 2 inch diameter
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, lower when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.0 - 7.0 (Acid to Slightly Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Insect, Rabbit
Thorns?: Yes
Description
Heralding the arrival of spring, the Cameo Quince puts on a spectacular early through mid-spring display of abundant and beautiful double blossoms with peachy orange-pink petals. Its 3.5" oblong dark green and glossy leaves unfold after the flowers and then small, fragrant yellow to green fruits (2" diameter) appear in late spring and summer ripening in fall. The fruits are edible however, beware as they are quite bitter when eating directly from the bush. The fruits are best used for jellies and preserves.
Cut branches of Cameo Quince are excellent for indoor flower arrangements. When buds have formed on branches in late winter, just cut a branch and bring it indoors to force buds to open.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, the Cameo Flowering Quince is an ideal choice as a specimen or in groupings for eye-popping color in flowering shrub borders. Excellent companions are other early spring bloomers such as Forysthia, Tulip Tree Magnolias (tulip trees), Camellia Japonica, and Reeves Spirea.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Quince variety is not winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy growing it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Quince are exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained to somewhat dry soil, preferring a loamy soil. Flower production is best in full to mostly sun, however plants will tolerate part shade. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering. Plants are very drought tolerant when established. The flowers are born on old growth (last years branches) so wait to prune until after flowering.
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