Chaenomeles


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chaenomeles

(kiːˈnɒməliːz)
n
any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
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Noun1.chaenomeles - flowering quinceChaenomeles - flowering quince      
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
flowering quince - Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
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You'll have been enjoying the colour from Forysthia and shrubs like Winter Jasmine and Chaenomeles in late winter and early spring but as the flowers should now be coming to an end it's time to prune them by cutting roughly a third of the growth away.
Good choices for forcing this month include serviceberry (Amelanchier), magnolia (Magnolia), flowering quince (Chaenomeles), forsythia (Forsythia), crab apple or apple (Malus), flowering pear (Pyrus), flowering cherry (Prunus), spring-flowering witch hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) and redbud (Cercis).
Comparacao entre doces produzidos a partir de frutos de diferentes especies e cultivares de marmeleiro (Cydonia oblonga Miller e Chaenomeles sinensis Koehne).
A TRY the unusual ornamental quince Chaenomeles x superba Jet Trail.
Chaenomeles japonica 'Tricolor' [Cydonia japonica tricolor, Pyrus japonica], variegated Japanese quince (KN:39; TH1875; SBP1889) AA1884.
Erwinia amylovora is a Gram-negative enterobacterium bacterium that causes fireblight disease on Rosaceae family plants including apple (Malus spp.), pear (Pyrus spp.), quince (Chaenomeles spp.), strawberry (Fragaria spp.) and rose (Rosa spp.) (Zwet and Keil, 1979; Bradbury, 1986; van der Zwet et al., 2012; McNally, 2013).
? Prune shrubs, including chaenomeles, deutzia, spiraea, and philadelphus, as soon as they have finished flowering.
Chaenomeles Pink Lady I THINK these flowering quinces look best trained horizontally on a fence where their blossoms can be best admired.
Chaenomeles Pink Lady I THINK these flowering K quinces look best trained horizontally on a fence where their blossoms can be best admired.