My Toyo Nishiki (Flowering quince)

[Nybonsai12]

Beautiful flowers! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Si Nguyen]

Spectacular quince! Didn't you give me one of these cuttings a few years ago?

 

[fredtruck]

Really great flowers, Bonhe. Congratulations!

 

[bonhe]

Spectacular quince! Didn't you give me one of these cuttings a few years ago?

I gave you one last fall.
Bonhe

 

[Si Nguyen]

I gave you one last fall.
Bonhe

Now I have got to get out and find it. I still have it I am sure.
Thanks. I will let you know what color flower it has.

 

[Poink88]

My teacher let me have this special tree in 2010. It is still in plastic nursery pot. I intend to keep it as a main stock to multiply! Those pictures were taken this afternoon. I really love their flower varieties. It has 3 kinds of flowers: red, white, and white with red stripes. Looks awesome, doesn't it?
Bonhe

Really pretty. When you have extra's, please let me know. I would like to purchase a couple starters. Thanks!

 

[dick benbow]

I love quince! This particular cultivare reminds me so much of the satsuki that got me into this hobby initially. Every year that you post, I marvel at the variety of colored blooms. thanks for sharing

 

[bonhe]

Now I have got to get out and find it. I still have it I am sure.
Thanks. I will let you know what color flower it has.

I hope you still have it, Si! Please let me know its flowers!

Really pretty. When you have extra's, please let me know. I would like to purchase a couple starters. Thanks!

Sorry, I don't have the plan to sell it!

I love quince! This particular cultivare reminds me so much of the satsuki that got me into this hobby initially. Every year that you post, I marvel at the variety of colored blooms. thanks for sharing

Hi Dick, I'm very glad that this particular quince reminds your memory! Same as yours, I really love this quince!
Bonhe

 

[discusmike]

Good stuff

 

[Erndogy]

Here is my Toyo Nishiki getting ready to bloom. I can only hope that it blooms as beautifully as yours one day.

I also have a white blooming one called "Jet Trails" and an unknown red blooming one in the background.



If anyone local to the IE wants one, Mt Fuji Garden Center in Upland has a few of the Toyo Nishiki and the Jet Trails available right now..

 

[dick benbow]

tho I don't post, each time " I sneak back" to have another look, I really love to see this quince.

I'm not exaggerating when I say I have quite few in and out of the ground.Nothing like this one tho. The flowering buds are becoming more distinctive and looks like will be a great show this year. I'll take photos as they appear to share. My white chojubai are blooming now. nothing yet on the red or orange.

last year I stuck one in the ground that I had purchased from someone's collection that they couldn't get it to bloom. I tried for a few years and finally decided to stick it back in the ground.
I keep looking to see if it might have something on it this spring but nothing yet.

Ume get the credit fo being the first to bloom, usually in the middle of winter, but quince does a great job at being second.

 

[dick benbow]

I just figured out how to avoid sneaking back for another daily look. I copied my favorite as desktop
screen saver and see it all day long.Thanks again to the owner for sharing

 

[Beng]

This is unlike any Toyo Nishiki i've seen. Mine flowers each year but it's solid red and solid white, no banding. Love it. If you have an extra cutting or two from a striped branch i'd love to get one from you!

Ben

 

[bonhe]

I went back to my note about this special flowering quince. My sensei said its name was Nichi-Getsu-Sei. The meaning: Nichi = Sun; Getsu = Moon; Sei = Star. The name makes sense to me. He said it's different with Toyo Nishiki! I need to ask him the detailed history of this tree!

I took some pictures yesterday. Some of red flowers begin to emerge!
I did air layer in one big branch which carried all of its character! I want to make sure it will survive!
Bonhe

 

[dick benbow]

thanks for the clarification. wonder if this sport was discovered from Toyo nishiki. from what i can see of the leaves, they look similarly shaped.

Nice to have teachers with great access to unique trees.

My teachers, especially Michael hagedorn, had a fondness for chojubai, hence my initial interest
till i saw yours!

 

[bonhe]

thanks for the clarification. wonder if this sport was discovered from Toyo nishiki. from what i can see of the leaves, they look similarly shaped.

Nice to have teachers with great access to unique trees.

My teachers, especially Michael hagedorn, had a fondness for chojubai, hence my initial interest
till i saw yours!

Yes, its leaves have the shape as same as Toyo Nishiki. I don't know if Japan or other countries have this kind of quince.
I agree with you 100% that the teacher is very valuable source to get the unique trees!
Bonhe

 

[namnhi]

Sounds like I need a teacher. Bonhe, will you be my teacher? The nice thing is that it blooms right about lunar new year. I noticed your ume bloomed a couple weeks before.
NN

 

[daygan]

I did a search for the term "nichi getsu sei" and then the same written in Chinese characters (日月星) and found some pictures of this quince on two sites (site one and site two) which gave me a species (or type?) name in Chinese that led me to the conclusion that this is actually Chaenomeles cathayensis, which has flowers that "can range from pink to white", whereas Toyo Nishiki is Chaenomeles speciosa. Good to know for anyone who might want to go searching for this same kind of quince.

 

[bonhe]

Sounds like I need a teacher. Bonhe, will you be my teacher? The nice thing is that it blooms right about lunar new year. I noticed your ume bloomed a couple weeks before.
NN

Thanks Namnhi for your kind word! I don't think I can be a bonsai teacher! If you want to get a nice flowering peach in the Tet (Lunar New Year), get the Early flowering peach! I have couples of them in my yard with pink and red flowers. They are in full bloom at this time. I also have one in bonsai pot!

I did a search for the term "nichi getsu sei" and then the same written in Chinese characters (日月星) and found some pictures of this quince on two sites (site one and site two) which gave me a species (or type?) name in Chinese that led me to the conclusion that this is actually Chaenomeles cathayensis, which has flowers that "can range from pink to white", whereas Toyo Nishiki is Chaenomeles speciosa. Good to know for anyone who might want to go searching for this same kind of quince.

Thanks Daygan for information. I don't think my quince is C. cathayensis.
Bonhe

 

[daygan]

Interesting. Researching further, it seems that the sun-moon-star name is associated with at least a few different chaenomeles species depending on the source, so it seems that it could be a generic name that can be applied across the board to a chaenomeles cultivar that has those particular variety of flowers. Here are a few images of similar flowers: