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Japenese Quince?

gemma.crockfordgemma.crockford Posts: 14
edited October 2021 in Plants
Hello! Does anyone recognise this plant? I have been pulling it up for 2 years as thought was a weed! I have been told it is a japenese quince? Can anyone help? 
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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The third picture looks like a sucker from something in the prunus family, a cherry tree or similar. I'm guessing there's one nearby because there's a cherry lying on the ground too!
    The first two do look like Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) but it's a long time since I've grown that so I'm not sure.
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  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I have a Japanese quince and it suckers like mad, coming up twelve feet away sometimes, uphill from the plant!.
    The suckers look just like the one in the third photo. The usual advice, pulling them rather than cutting them off doesn't work with these, so I have to try to dig down and cut cleanly from the root. It's a job I do at least four times a year.
  • gemma.crockfordgemma.crockford Posts: 14
    Hi Jennyj and woodgreen Thank You for your reply, this is a picture of what is next door so possibly the sucker is from that, there was a low hedge there when we moved in 2 years ago which was removed when we replaced the fence so maybe the suckered are coming from where the hedge was as the roots are still there, could that be possible? 
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    That third picture looks like chaenomeles to me. We had suckers coming up in the lawn for years near where one had been. Sad now I didn’t keep some, but they weren’t the colour of flower that I preferred. They did stop after a few years of pulling them out.
  • gemma.crockfordgemma.crockford Posts: 14
    Thanks Ergates, so if I left them would the grow ok or do I need to do something special? The area in question where they are is a bit of a problem spot where nothing seems to grow so I'm thinking if the suckered are thriving maybe they would be ok? 
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I would think that if you want a Japanese quince there ( chaenomeles) then leave some suckers to grow. But be aware that you will have to remove suckers from areas where you don't want them. They come up in my grass too, but the mower cuts them of course.  They can be grown as a loose shrub or hedge, or trained against a wall or fence.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    In your second photo, do you know what the shrub is with the more elongated, veined leaves? Could that be coming from the roots of the hedge you removed? Or was the hedge chaenomeles?
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited October 2021
    JennyJ said:
    The third picture looks like a sucker from something in the prunus family, a cherry tree or similar. I'm guessing there's one nearby because there's a cherry lying on the ground too!
    The first two do look like Chaenomeles (Japanese quince) but it's a long time since I've grown that so I'm not sure.
    All 3 pics show Chaenomeles sp...common name Japanese quince.
    They all have a small rounded leaf. at the base of the larger leaves.....this is a stipule that are present on Chaenomeles but not on Prunus.
    See my pics below.

    Red berry might be from the other shrub.....Cotoneaster  maybe  in next doors garden .
    Birds will have eaten any cherries ages ago.

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • gemma.crockfordgemma.crockford Posts: 14
    The other plant in the second photo is a hydrangea that I planted last year, I'm not sure what the hedge was that was removed it was done shortly after we moved in and I hadn't started gardening then, I'm a newbie ha ha! I think I will leave the suckers to grow and see what comes of them then as its a really difficult space to get anything to thrive. Thank You for your help! 
  • gemma.crockfordgemma.crockford Posts: 14
    Thank You Silver Surfer for the pics they are definitely what I have in the garden, I'm going to let them grow and see what happens!
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