Quince

Flowering Quince
Originally uploaded by fnkymnky


I don't know too much about this tree. When we first moved here in July of 2007, the tree was looking pretty chewed up and ugly. I told Mike that maybe we should cut it down. Then we noticed that the deer were chewing on it and then I definitely wanted to chop it down since I didn't want plants that would attract them to the yard.

Later, I felt bad and thought that I should just leave it there for deer. So we let it be and the deer kept chewing it up even more. Earlier this year, in January, I tried pruning it but noticed it had thorns. I said, "Forget that! I don't want to get poked!" The bottom half of the tree had short limbs and the top had really long limbs shooting from the center of the tree. Really weird.

Finally, last March, I noticed red berries on the longer branches of this Quince. By early April, the berries had bloomed, displaying these pretty pink flowers.

I saw the same tree in other people's yard, last week and it looked really nice. Ours just had a really bad trim. Next winter, I will try to make it look better. I read online that this Quince tree is supposed to give fruit after it's done flowering. I'll photograph the progress.

Update: According to the Western Garden book, two Quinces are required to have fruit. So no fruit for us.