Quince, Texas Scarlet

Quince ‘Texas Scarlet’ 

Chaenomeles x superba ‘Texas Scarlet’  

Height: 3-4’ 
Spread: 4-5' 
Zone: 5-9 
Exposure: Full sun to Part shade 
Bloom Time/Color: Mar-Apr; red  
Uses: Specimen, Massing, Borders, Screening, Slope. Hedge 
Maintenance: Low 
Other: Some thorns, Prune back suckers, No major disease or pest issues, Yellow, edible fruit.  

‘Texas Scarlet’ quince is a hybrid flowering quince that is a dense, broad-rounded, deciduous shrub with often-tangled, spiny-tipped twigs. Plants bloom on old growth. Flowers are followed by hard, yellowish-green fruits (2.5” quinces) that may acquire red tinges as they mature in autumn. Quinces are edible, but usually are considered too bitter to be eaten directly from the shrub. Quinces are sometimes used in preserves and jellies.  Avoid heavy pruning, but prune to shape as needed in spring after flowering to stimulate growth of flowering spurs which will improve bloom for the following year (although such pruning will reduce fruit production for the current year). Promptly remove root suckers to control possible spread.