Mystery bush?
Submitted by Karry on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 20:09
(2 votes)
Does anyone have an idea what this is? It is a shrub htat has no leaves in the winter and blooms these pale red flowers starting in Dec. through spring here in zone 9. In the summer it has no bllom but has shiney green leaves. It also has 1-2 in thorns all over it.
K
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Flowering Quince
I grew up with these in
I grew up with these in my Mom's back yard ...it was my job to prune them each year....They made me itch so badly...but is a good memory now...Now I have the hawthorn in my yard...and boy the thrones are almost deadly.....Glad I could help you ID it..
It's me vegemm "So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
in tennessee
no it is not the same as
no it is not the same as a hawthorn...
here is a link for hawthorn
Hawthorn
and one for the quince
Quince
It's me vegemm "So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7
I agree...
That is definitely a flowering quince....it is in the japonica family...
Melissa
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this is a flowering
this is a flowering quince
It's me vegemm "So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase." 1 Corinthians 3:7