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    CHAENOMELES
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    CHAENOMELES

    Commonly known as Cydonia, Flowering quince

    All Flower MAR-MAY

    These Flowering quince produce fruit which is palatable when cooked like the Common quince Cydonia oblonga. Flowering quince fruit contains much more pectin; more than lemons.

    Shrubs can be grown as a spiny barrier and maintained as bonsai.

    Genus of 3 species of deciduous, often spiny, shrubs, one sometimes a small tree, from mountain woodlands in China and Japan.

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    • Flowering
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    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Bee friendly
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    Varieties
    CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Geisha Girl'
    Peach apricot flowers, ideal for training up a wall
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Moerloosei'
    (syn. ‘Apple Blossom’) - large white flowers flushed dark pink
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES speciosa 'Nivalis'
    This variety has medicinal properties and pure white flowers. Upright habit
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES x superba 'Crimson and Gold'
    Deep crimson petals with golden anthers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES x superba 'Jet Trail'
    Large white flowers with a dwarf trailing habit. Ideal as ground cover
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES x superba 'Lemon and Lime'
    Pale greenish-yellow flowers in spring fading to creamy white. Yellow fruits in autumn
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
    CHAENOMELES x superba 'Nicoline'
    Deep scarlet
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50
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    CHAENOMELES x superba 'Pink Lady'
    Clear rose-pink
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £18.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
    Garden Goodies
    Sisal Twine
    2ply sisal garden twine - 250 grams
    £4.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
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    2.5 kg
    £13.00
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    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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