Japanese flowering-quince
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 1.4 m
Rosaceae
Also called Maule's quince
Formerly Aronia japonica, Chaenomeles alpina, Chaenomeles maulei, Chaenomeles trichogyna, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SC. Korea, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, orange, red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Czech
- kdoulovec japonský
- Welsh
- coeden gwins Japan
- German
- Japanische Zierquitte
- Estonian
- Jaapani ebaküdoonia
- Basque
- Irasagar japoniarra
- Finnish
- japaninruusukvitteni
- French
- Cognassier du Japon
- Japanese
- クサボケ（草木瓜）
- Chinese
- 和木瓜, 日本木瓜, 日本海棠
- Simplified Chinese
- 倭海棠, 和圆子, 日本木瓜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Chaenomeles japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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