Big Japanese Quince Clump

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A friend decided to dig out this old Japanese Quince; according to him it was almost 15-20 years in the ground.
He tried to kill it several times but no luck

I’m starting this thread to keep track of it.
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Cut everything to ground level and started digging

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Tomorrow I will cut some more of the smaller trunks and then just leave it over the winter.
 

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I wonder if overtime it could be sliced into a few smaller, more desirable looking clump images, depending on the root formations.
At first I was also thinking about that, but I never saw pictures of big japanese quince clumps.
So I’m thinking of keeping it like this.

He also has 3 more identical clumps which we will also dig out; so a lot of material to work with
 

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At first I was also thinking about that, but I never saw pictures of big japanese quince clumps.
So I’m thinking of keeping it like this.

He also has 3 more identical clumps which we will also dig out; so a lot of material to work with
Ah I see, it looks a little shrubby atm but its still very raw. looking at some online, even the good ones tend to retain that shrubby look so I guess its just the way the species grows generally
 

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Short update:
We have a very unusul warm winter ( 15 C / 59 F)
Some small buds on the trunk are forming, but its quite normal for a jap. quince.

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I think it will be beautiful in bloom, but also be a never-ending pruning project and the more you prune the more it will grow.
 

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I'm working with a similar clump of old-fashioned garden quince. It has been in a l 15 gallon nursery pot since being dug and cut back two years ago. This spring I will separate it into some smaller more manageable clumps. Right now it doesn't look very promising with many straight stems and little branching.
 

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I'm working with a similar clump of old-fashioned garden quince. It has been in a l 15 gallon nursery pot since being dug and cut back two years ago. This spring I will separate it into some smaller more manageable clumps. Right now it doesn't look very promising with many straight stems and little branching.
Mine too has so many straight sections.
Will leave it grow wild to establish and then hard prune.
 

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the box was placed on the ground and some of the roots escaped in the ground.
The clump grew strong so I decided to move it in a smaller plastic container
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It was planted just in medium pumice
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The end result after planting.
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