Chaenomeles April 2011

never heard of this but its very nice

It's a quince and grows to a large thorny shrub. Very tough and can be pruned ad lib.

aha, i recognise the name quince ~ not that i can get them to flower here, lovely plants.

That is a really pretty colour and photo. Sticki, why not?

dont know karen ~ wish i did. i now have 2 of them

You must be being too nice to them! ;))

:-\ ?

Only kidding! I have no idea...I was going to look it up on Google, but I haven't got around to it yet!

doubt i have been too nice to them ~ they have had some feed but im not sure what they like really.
ive heard them say on gardeners question time that if a plant has lots of leaves and no flowers its cos they have been treated too well

Yes, the plant's reaction to stress is to flower profusely and try to set seeds before it dies.....so they say! Chaenomeles is not fussy about soil type, so perhaps you just have a poor specimen. That's really annoying. Having said that, my white one has only flowered for the first time this year and I've had it for three years, so be patient if they are young plants.