Chaenomeles

these are lovely scotsgran. They evoke a very oriental feel to a garden dont they. I am thinking of getting one too, perhaps two. depending on the space. how much sun do yours get?

None of them get early morning sun. In fact until the sun goes round in the afternoon none of them get full sun. The red one is on a north facing wall which is quite shady until late afternoon. The orange one is on a west facing wall which is sheltered and under the pergola so no real sun. The pink one is on a south facing wall but in the shade of the house till afternoon. The cream one is open to a horrendous wind, faces west and again sun later in the day. The white one gets most sun being in a south facing garden on a west facing fence on the west side of the pergola. I do not have any in full sun. I find them healthy and easy to grow.

thats good as the wall will mean they face north and the sun comes up behind them casting the shadow of the wall into the garden. Need to go out shopping. now that is such a shame :o))

I went shopping in Asda on my way home. I had been at the dentist and then the hairdresser so at least I look presentable again. Asda were selling off neglected Dahlias for 30p which had been £2.00 each. I got 12. I will find a space for them in the greenhouse and they will recover after getting a good drink. Why supermarkets bother selling plants is beyond me when they rarely look after them properly.

oh forget food I'll be off looking for these lovely shrubs. but i know what you mean about plants that are neglected. it seems to be a common theme on here too.

They are really lovely,Scotsgran.I had the orange one at our last house,and loved it,but sadly,haven't room for one here :o((

They are beautiful. I didn't know there were so many different types.

The cream one is lovely Scotsgran. Only ever seen pinky red colour.

I am not a lover of white flowers as a rule but I always thought the white was my favourite until saw the cream one. Each year they come out one at a time almost as much as to say "this is my week, appreciate me today" and I do. I love the fact that they all fruit. I will post a recipe for them when I find one. I have made jelly which tasted flowery (rubbish description) using - cover the fruit with water, cook till well softened, strain and add one pint of juice to one pound of sugar. test on a saucer. pot up immediately.

Hi, these are lovely....could you tell me if you prune them after flowering, as I have had one in the garden for about 3 years now, but it doesnt look as good as yours.

I prune new growth coming out of its allocated space back to the last pair of leaves before the main stem before the flowers come out. That way I can see the flowers. New growth then happens in the places I want it to grow. It will make lots of new growth over the summer and autumn and then when the buds start showing colour next year I repeat the process. I will try and take full size photos of the plants today and you will see that I am training them to grow up against a wall or fence. The Moerlooseii at Glendoick was superb growing on a south facing wall in a walled garden. I dream of emulating that.

really nice I would like to get one too or maybe two.

By keeping mine fairly tight and not allowing any straggly stems I have not had to tie them in they are more or less free standing. The mesh you can see is to aid the climbing roses and clematis to be tied in to or cling on.

Got here SG...Oh dear I will be getting the white but.. I want the cream one as well. I will see if I can find one!

They are wonderful plants and easy to care for. The cream one is 'Lemon and Lime'. I have not seen it for sale again on my travels. If you use the RHS plant finder they list it in 8 nurseries around the country. I keep all of mine as wall plants but I have seen them as huge shrubs and then they do rival camellias and rhododendrons.

Yes SG, I found the name and used the RHS Plant Finder earlier. I have a fan trained one and one very messy left to do it's own thing kind.

What colours do you have? I noticed recently there are several new ones. In addition to the above I also have a knap hill scarlet somewhere in the garden.

I found some beautiful pink and apricot ones while I was searching. I love the smell of the fruits as well as the look of the flowers. Bee's adore them.

the messy one is the very deep crimson, big fat flowers. the fan trained one was sold as "crimson and Gold" i am not so sure it is though. It is more orange and a much mor delicate flower than the other one.

There is one Knaps Hill Scarlet which I thought I had but I can't see it anywhere. My 'Crimson and Gold' is very red and gold. I fancy one of the apricot ones but it is finding space to put it. When I was out with the grandchildren we visited one of our favourite nurseries 'Rocky Mountain Nursery in Somerset. We bought some violas to fill the blanks in the pots at the front of their house. My grand daughter chose an an Anemone blanda Blue and my g'son a Gerbera Durora (£2.50 and it is reputedly hardy) in bright red. Their plants went in to the pots along with the violas. I got a tiny narcissus and a snowdrop elwessii and a red pulsatilla and I'm struggling to find space for them in my garden. I also got three new euphorbias and two rhododendrons. My eyes and purse are bigger than the garden according to my OH but I will just need to pinch another bit of lawn that he is not too keen on anyway. You should try the jelly recipe given above even if you only have a few fruits because it tastes equally good as a topping on ice cream, cheesecake or with ham.