Noob with a Quince. Need help

theone420

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Ok I purchased what I was told is a Chinese Quince from the 53rd annual bonsai show for the San Diego bonsai club. First is it a chinese quince?
It came from San Diego to my little hole of hell here in the palm springs area. The leaves were effected with some odd misshapen dwarfed leaves coming out but it seems like it has started pushing normal leaves and has been growing well the past few weeks.
It came with a fruit on it and I am planning to let ripen since I have never tried a quince. It has also started to bloom again(currently 2 flowers). So second question is, Should I leave them or should I rub them off to save energy?
Now all that being said it does have some suckers growing around the base and I am curious if I should just let it be fo the time being or if I should remove and try to propagate them?
And my last question since I am new to bonsai and my vision isn't exactly there yet. Do you see a bonsai hiding in there? What should I do to start? HELP!!!?

Base and suckers
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The Fruit
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The Flowers (the open one seems to have been effected by the move as well)
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Odd tiny misshapen leaves
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Newer better leaves
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It looks like a Japanese quince. As far as sapping energy, fruiting takes much more than flowering. Let it flower, but remove the spent blooms. Basal suckers will also steal energy and should be removed if they are not planned to be used.

An overall picture from several different angles would be useful for any design suggestions. You could just let it grow for a couple of years and see where it leads you to design.
 

theone420

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It looks like a Japanese quince. As far as sapping energy, fruiting takes much more than flowering. Let it flower, but remove the spent blooms. Basal suckers will also steal energy and should be removed if they are not planned to be used.

An overall picture from several different angles would be useful for any design suggestions. You could just let it grow for a couple of years and see where it leads you to design.

A Japanese quince might be better for my area anyway.
I will probably remove the suckers tonight because I don't see them in the final design.
Thank you for confirming it would be okay to let the the flowers bloom before removing.
Yes the pictures were lacking I just used what I had in the phone. I will get better pictures up from better distance and angles.
Thanks
 

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These grow suckers so you end up with multiple trunks. They can be styled as clumps. Google pictures of "Japanese flowering quince bonsai clump style" to get an idea of how to create a bonsai.
 

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Definitely Japanese flowering quince, Chaenomeles hybrid. The Chinese quince and European quince are in genus Cydonia. Quince fruit is usually from the European quince, though the fruit of all Cydonia and Chaenomeles are edible, some are more tasty than others. Usually they are left on the bush until a frost in autumn to fully ripen. That may be a long time in Palm Springs, hell doesn't freeze over all that often. ?

Myself, I would forego the fruit, to save energy for growth, but it is up to you. Go news, quinces are a favorite for "build a tree" projects, in that even uninspired stcks in pots can be transformed into decent bonsai within a decade or less.
 

theone420

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Definitely Japanese flowering quince, Chaenomeles hybrid. The Chinese quince and European quince are in genus Cydonia. Quince fruit is usually from the European quince, though the fruit of all Cydonia and Chaenomeles are edible, some are more tasty than others. Usually they are left on the bush until a frost in autumn to fully ripen. That may be a long time in Palm Springs, hell doesn't freeze over all that often. ?

Myself, I would forego the fruit, to save energy for growth, but it is up to you. Go news, quinces are a favorite for "build a tree" projects, in that even uninspired stcks in pots can be transformed into decent bonsai within a decade or less.

I had thought I might stick this in the ground and let it go a couple years because it does kind of resemble a stick in a pot but with your info on these being a good bonsai to transform in a short time I may just do that. I really do want to try the fruit so I will leave the one on there but remove the other buds I will just let it grow this year and start it journey next spring probably. Thank you for the information it seems I need to do some research now.

*Edit: And I see those odd leaves I saw are actually supposed to be like that. thanks again
 
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