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Plant: Double Take® Scarlet Quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Red Storm'
Size: 2 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Double Take Scarlet puts on a spectacular early spring display of large red, double flowers. The Double Take quinces are more than just pretty spring flowers: thornless and deer-resistant, they do not produce fruit, and once established, are drought-tolerant survivalists. Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center in beautiful North Carolina, the Double Take quinces are sure to brighten spring landscapes across the United States. Sorry, not available in Canada.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Double Take Scarlet puts on a spectacular early spring display of large red, double flowers. The Double Take quinces are more than just pretty spring flowers: thornless and deer-resistant, they do not produce fruit, and once established, are drought-tolerant survivalists. Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center in beautiful North Carolina, the Double Take quinces are sure to brighten spring landscapes across the United States. Sorry, not available in Canada.
- Flowers
- Large, frilly, double red flowers in early spring.
- Foliage
- Glossy green leaves on thornless stems; foliage is alternate, ovate to oblong with serrate margins.
- Fruit
- Very low fruit production.
- 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).
