| Description | Double Take Scarlet Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles) is a dense, broad-rounded, thornless, deciduous shrub that grows to 3-4' tall and as wide. The flowers are scarlet red, double. |
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| Pronunciation | (kee-NOM-e-lez) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | Average; reported to develop chlorosis on high-pH soils. Best in slightly acidic to neutral. I have observed chlorosis in these plants. |
| Temperature | Flower buds are susceptible to significant damage from early spring frosts. |
| Flowers | Double scarlet red in the spring. Often in profusion, before the leaves fully unfold in an early spring bloom (precocious), blooms on last year's wood. |
| Fruit | A fruitless Flowering Quince. |
| Leaves | Simple, alternate, dark green, lustrous above, glabrous below, with no fall color. |
| Dimensions | 4-5 by 4-5 feet (HS), mounded growth form |
| Maintenance | Blooms on last year's wood, so prune after flowering. |
| Propagation | PP 20951, cuttings, division of suckers |
| Native Site | The species is a plant native to Japan and China. |
| Cultivar Origin | Developed by Dr. Thomas Ranney at North Carolina State University Extension Center. U.S. Plant Patent PP 20951 |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek words chaino, meaning to gape, and melon, meaning an apple, in the incorrect belief that the fruits split open. |
| Notes & Reference | 01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #132-Dwarf Shrubs for the Midwest (Rebecca McIntosh Keith, F.F. Giles), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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