Lassee Edible Landscape

JAPANESE QUINCES / FLOWERING QUINCES
(Chaenomeles spec.)

Varieties:

For fruit yield plant two varieties: 'Nivalis', 'Crimson and Gold', 'Cido'. Ukrainian varieties: 'Gold Caliph', 'Nina', 'Maksym', available at http://kornelkirsche.eu. Frost resistance: up to -28 °C.


Growth habit and height:

Shrubs, depending on variety between 1.5 m and 2 m tall.


Location

Sun/ semi shade, not particular, avoid excessively chalky soils.


Uses

Mature fruit end of September, storable. Juice, puree, jam, desiccated as tea.