I think my old inherited quince has just kicked the bucket. It does look rather quite dead but I am amazed it's survived this far. It seems to have been planted by the original owners here at the back of a garage which then got extended around the plant. They left a bit of a gap around the stem but surrounded it with 4ft deep concrete. Given that there's also a concrete block wall right behind it, you can see why I'm amazed at it's survival! It takes all kinds of contortions to enable me to prune it and no way will I be able to dig it out.
Shame really, it's one of the bright pinky-red ones and helps to cover the concrete wall.
There was one here when we moved in - a straggly old gnarly thing which produced sparse flowers of an ugly orangy-pinky-salmon color. I got rid of it. Good to know it's not suited to the dry conditions here
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
@Carollporter61 I have had a Chaenomeles superba for many years. It grows against a white wall in a south-facing border. It performs well every year. After flowering, I cut it right back and have formed a framework of it over time. It does put up a few suckers each year which are a nuisance because I cannot pull them off and have to cut them below ground level. It has never been fed or watered (not necessary in my climate!). A beautiful plant and well worth keeping.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In the sticks near Peterborough
Shame really, it's one of the bright pinky-red ones and helps to cover the concrete wall.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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