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Plant: Double Take® Peach Quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'NCCS4'
Size: 2 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
If you are looking for effortless spring color, the Double Take series is unbeatable. It offers pure, rich, saturated color and rarely needs pruning or really, any kind of maintenance at all. Plus, unlike older varieties of flowering quince, they're thornless, so they're perfect for flower arranging and forcing. Flowering quince is very tolerant of heat and dry conditions. Double Take Peach brings a new color to the series with soft peachy-pink flowers. Just add your favorite daffodils and tulips for an unforgettable spring scene!
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
If you are looking for effortless spring color, the Double Take series is unbeatable. It offers pure, rich, saturated color and rarely needs pruning or really, any kind of maintenance at all. Plus, unlike older varieties of flowering quince, they're thornless, so they're perfect for flower arranging and forcing. Flowering quince is very tolerant of heat and dry conditions. Double Take Peach brings a new color to the series with soft peachy-pink flowers. Just add your favorite daffodils and tulips for an unforgettable spring scene!
- Flowers
- Large, double, soft peachy-pink flowers over a very long spring bloom.
- Foliage
- Glossy green leaves on thornless stems; foliage is alternate, ovate to oblong with serrate margins.
- Pruning
- Needs little pruning; shape in spring. Rejuvenate every 4 to 6 years by removing a third of the thickest, oldest stems.
- Native range
- China (species Chaenomeles speciosa).
