Red flowering shrubs are a beautiful addition to any garden or landscape, providing a burst of color and visual interest. With their striking hues, these shrubs can be used to create a focal point or ...

Can you remember a visit to your grandparents’ home and the fascination with what was growing in their yard? Perhaps one of the shrubs was one that we value today and it is just finishing its bloom ...

Q: Can you help me identify this shrub that flowered this spring? We’ve lived on this property for over 10 years but have never noticed it because it is on a part of the property that is not mowed. I ...

Chaenomeles, pronounced “kee-NOM-uh-leez,” is a pretty word that describes a small genus of shrubs commonly known as flowering quinces. It comes from the Greek “chainein,” meaning to split, and “melea ...

Flowering quince – Chaenomeles sp. Flowering quince is an heirloom plant, that was grown in your grandmother’s garden. The older variety was C. japonica. People couldn't pronounce the genus ...

Q: I've seen a few quince plants around my neighborhood (Glen Iris) and they are flowering now [late December]. The flowers are pink. I have also seen other quince – mine! – that are not flowering now ...

The Chaenomeles speciosa, commonly called flowering quince, is a beautiful spring-blooming deciduous shrub that is relatively easy to grow. It has showy flowers, often single but sometimes double, ...

I always know when it is Chinese New Year because the huge urn of flowering quince appears in my local grocery store window in California. The store is owned by Chinese immigrants who cut the limbs ...

Blooming quince, Chaenomeles, Rosaceae family, is a thorny, deciduous shrub or tree. We have quince shrub bushes that are blooming a bit early, as are the beautiful almond orchards. Usually, the ...

Question: I have a flowering quince bush. It doesn’t set fruit. My friend gave me some quince fruits. They smell divine. Why doesn’t my flowering quince set fruit? Are flowering quince and quince the ...