Mystery plant 09/4

yes i do, but dont know which vareity it is.

So do I. If you're lucky it may produce "quince" fruits - but not the kind you can eat.

Not an answer to the flowers but - what a blast from the past! Your dog looks exactly like "Mike" my childhood companion back when dinosaurs walked the earth! What fun we had together on walks in the local woods, watching out for cowboys from my wigwam on the lawn, playing "seek" with dog biscuits. Oh the memories! Thanks for the picture.

Yes, looks like Chaenomeles japonica and if you are lucky it will produce fruit which you CAN eat. Had some Marmalade made from it this morning!. The differences between the true Quince( Cydonia) and this one are botanical hair splitting, the fruits are the same. Actually if you do not want to eat the fruits, a ripe one is a wonderful air freshener in the house.

Thanks very much for the help over the plant identity and to Nariz, with whom I can identify as myself, sister and two cousins spent most of our lives outdoors when i was 9 with their German Shepherd called NIta. Apart from many other games we used to sit at the top of a sandpit cliff, one would go off and hide down in the quarry and the dog would be sent to find the 'victim'. I was totally besotted with the dog and from the first possible opportunity I have had a Shepherd as a constant and faithfull companion. Of course, there has been dreadful grief on occasions, but the years of total devotion and commitment on balance are worth it.

Yes, Bernard, "Hide and seek" was another game we played in the house on wet days when we couldn't go out. I've had several dogs, but the memories of Mike are the brightest. :o)

sorry, Owdboggy, I'm sure someone told me the quinces I got weren't edible. Unfortunately (for me) the plant in question died unexpectedly last year, so I won't be getting any more!