$10 Japanese quince

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Picked up this Japanese quince from Green Acres yesterday for $10. Needs lots of growing but I think it’s got potential. Have never seen them there before and for the price I couldn’t say no. Looks super healthy with tons of buds. Going to leave it alone till it’s done blooming. D142DE72-418E-43D8-B83B-6055498BC5EB.jpegC8632F5A-BF90-4293-B9DE-69AF13A302C6.jpegA041F0A8-D781-456F-810D-9C950E7173EB.jpeg3B40A19F-0D4E-4305-B71C-DD8D11993D24.jpeg3B40A19F-0D4E-4305-B71C-DD8D11993D24.jpegCCF494EC-6F60-4D6C-A018-B6E1D9A3FA61.jpeg5A0B1806-0C88-442A-BBD7-6BEF3417ACAA.jpegCD8D5026-BDB7-48D6-ADEE-D77E39A6A3DF.jpeg2660F911-B5A7-48F0-AFFF-2C0C4EF63AD1.jpeg
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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beautiful, nice color. Do you know which cultivar of quince it is? Looks a little like 'Minerva' or 'Texas Scarlet', but there are hundreds of named cultivars. A real bargain for the price.

You can prune back after flowering. Then after the spring bloom, I would pretty much let it grow until late summer. After the heat of summer has passed, is the time to repot Chaenomeles, flowering quince. This time of year they have a spurt of root growth, the trick is to repot just before or at the beginning of this spurt of root growth. The late summer repotting also avoids spreading of a nematode pest that Chaenomeles, flowering quince, are prone to get if repotted in late winter or spring.
 
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beautiful, nice color. Do you know which cultivar of quince it is? Looks a little like 'Minerva' or 'Texas Scarlet', but there are hundreds of named cultivars. A real bargain for the price.

You can prune back after flowering. Then after the spring bloom, I would pretty much let it grow until late summer. After the heat of summer has passed, is the time to repot Chaenomeles, flowering quince. This time of year they have a spurt of root growth, the trick is to repot just before or at the beginning of this spurt of root growth. The late summer repotting also avoids spreading of a nematode pest that Chaenomeles, flowering quince, are prone to get if repotted in late winter or spring.
Thanks for all the help. I haven’t done any research on it yet. Here’s the tag
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Great price and good size! Especially for this time of the year - Vietnamese Tet.
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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Ah lovely 'Kurokoji'
Famous for being the absolute deepest red of any of the Chaenomeles. Excellent choice with a fairly good record as bonsai. Good Choice.

And given the cultivar, a fairly rare find. NICE.
 
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