Japanese Quince, Texas scarlet

[Hbhaska]

New acquisition: chaenomeles speciosa ‘Texas scarlet’.

 

[namnhi]

This is Japanese flower quince and not Chinese quince.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Chinese quince is Pseudocydonia sinensis.

Japanese quince usually have multiple, sinuous, vine-like trunks. Chinese quince is single trunked.

 

[Hbhaska]

Ok, my bad. Japanese Quince. Is there any way to change the title?

Chinese quince is Pseudocydonia sinensis.

Japanese quince usually have multiple, sinuous, vine-like trunks. Chinese quince is single trunked.

 

[Jcmmaple]

Either way it looks good, I have a one developing.

 

[Hbhaska]

Wow! Title magically changed. Thank you @Bonsai Nut

 

[Hbhaska]

3rd September, 2023 update:

Repotted after flowering during summer of June 2023. Repotting successful. Cleaned up a bit and removed some
suckers. Have plenty to cut back and wire this winter.

 

[Hbhaska]

June 7th, 2024 update: Not sure what happened but a portion of the tree wanted to dye off earlier this spring. I cut out all the dead ones. There’s just one main ‘Branch’ that’s alive now. Interesting.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I wonder if you had potted it a bit deeper perhaps you would not have lost so many branches. But this new configuration does offer new design opportunities. I can still see it becoming quite attractive in a few years.

 

[SeanS]

It will probably throw some more suckers from the base/rootball that you could use to create a clump again if that’s what you’re still after. A cut back of the remaining parts once it’s healthy could help trigger more sucker growth

 

[Hbhaska]

I wonder if you had potted it a bit deeper perhaps you would not have lost so many branches. But this new configuration does offer new design opportunities. I can still see it becoming quite attractive in a few years.

Thanks. Not sure what went wrong. And yes, it’s possible a deeper pot could have helped as in less amount of root pruning. It seemed to have thrived last year though.