{"id":1083,"date":"2011-04-08T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2015-12-28T22:26:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T03:26:02","slug":"storm-series-flowering-quince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/04\/08\/storm-series-flowering-quince\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Take\u2122 Flowering Quinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1086\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Scarlet-Storm-Quince.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1086\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1086\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Scarlet-Storm-Quince-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Scarlet-Storm-Quince-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Scarlet-Storm-Quince-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Scarlet Storm&#8217; Flowering Quince<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Photo credit: <\/strong>Dr. Tom Ranney, NCSU Research Horticulturist<\/p>\n<p>Flowering quince (<em>Chaenomeles spp)<\/em> is an early spring flowering shrub, treasured for\u00a0its brightly colored blooms (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). Old fashioned quince shrubs produced small amounts of fruits which were\u00a0gathered and\u00a0prepared into\u00a0yummy jelly in the autumn kitchen. These often large 10-12 foot tall shrubs produced small sharp thorns which made picking the fruit a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Now appearing\u00a0in a garden center near you are three new\u00a0compact quince cultivars: \u2018Orange Storm\u2019, \u2018Scarlet Storm\u2019 and \u2018Pink Storm\u2019. Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at the Mountain Crops Research &amp; Extension Center near Asheville, North Carolina developed the three &#8220;Storm&#8221; quinces, marketed as the Double Take\u2122 series. Plants grow 3-4 feet in height and average 4-5 feet in width.<\/p>\n<p>The big,\u00a0vibrant colored, double flowers provide a stunning early spring display. The camellia-like blossoms measure 1 \u00bd &#8211; 2 inches across and open in early spring before the leaves. Flowering branches make good cut displays. Once quinces become established after two years,\u00a0shrubs are very drought tolerant. Branches are thornless and deer resistant. Double- flowered quinces do not produce fruit and are easy to care for.<\/p>\n<p>After flowering, quinces\u00a0may be\u00a0pruned as specimen shrubs, espaliers or hedges. Feed with a slow release fertilizer such a Osmocote\u2122 or Nutrikote\u2122 in late winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Dr. Tom Ranney, NCSU Research Horticulturist Flowering quince (Chaenomeles spp) is an early spring flowering shrub, treasured for\u00a0its brightly colored blooms (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). Old fashioned quince shrubs produced small amounts of fruits which were\u00a0gathered and\u00a0prepared into\u00a0yummy jelly in the autumn kitchen. These often large 10-12 foot tall shrubs produced small sharp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[747,299,665,10,702,1060,777,705,646,7,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8517,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/8517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}