Q: I've seen a few quince plants around my neighborhood (Glen Iris) and they are flowering now [late December]. The flowers are pink. I have also seen other quince – mine! – that are not flowering now ...

Blooming quince, Chaenomeles, Rosaceae family, is a thorny, deciduous shrub or tree. We have quince shrub bushes that are blooming a bit early, as are the beautiful almond orchards. Usually, the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Jacky Parker Photography A flowering quince (Chaenomeles sp.) is an ...

Over the years, I, like many gardeners, have purchased shrubs that appealed to me but that I did not know very much about. This behavior on my part eventually led to my planting three quince ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Someone down the street planted a quince shrub this summer and surrounded it with a low chicken wire cage to shield it from critters. Even though quince shrubs aren't particularly ...

When one hears the word “quince,” most people immediately think of spring. But quince makes me think of Christmas. Every year, I bring bare branches of quince into the house. The buds slowly start to ...

People that know me well, know that quince (Chaenomeles) is a shrub that I love. It is not because it is one of the prettiest bushes; it is not. The thorny habit of this bush and the relative short ...

Q: Can you help me identify this shrub that flowered this spring? We’ve lived on this property for over 10 years but have never noticed it because it is on a part of the property that is not mowed. I ...

Q: This past year, my flowering quince shrub suffered some dieback from what I was told was fire blight. When can I prune them to clean them up a bit? A: Winter is the best time to trim off branches ...

In Genesis, the Bible mentions the “forbidden fruit.” Commonly identified as an apple, many people contend it was actually a quince. The quince’s Mideast origin, as well as its fuzzy, daffodil-yellow ...

Chaenomeles, pronounced “kee-NOM-uh-leez,” is a pretty word that describes a small genus of shrubs commonly known as flowering quinces. It comes from the Greek “chainein,” meaning to split, and “melea ...