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About Chaenomeles Toyo Nishiki (flowering quince - cognassier)

Chaenomeles Toyo Nishiki - flowering quince - cognassier - Commonly called flowering quince, is a dense, broad-rounded, deciduous shrub with often-tangled, spiny, gray-brown twigs. It typically grows to 6-10’ tall and as wide. Bearing flowers of different colors (pinks, reds and whites) on the same branches. Interesting color variations also may occur on the same flower. The five-petaled flowers (to 2” diameter) bloom before the leaves fully unfold in an often showy early spring bloom (late March - April). Flowers are followed by hard, dot-speckled, edible, yellowish-green fruits (2.5” quinces) that are rather bitter when eaten fresh from the shrub, but quite tasty in preserves and jellies. Finely-toothed, oval to oblong, glossy dark green leaves (to 3.5” long).  Family: Rosaceae