Chaenomeles Crimson & Gold

A beautiful early flowering, deciduous, spiny, small shrub which provides a good source of early food for bees. Sometimes as early as February the bright red, cup shaped, five petalled flowers with pale yellow stamens. These early flowers, which are 3.5cm across and provide welcome early colour and appear before the glossy leaves which are 5cm long. The main flowering period is March through to May. Edible quince fruits form creating autumn interest, and these fragrant yellow fruits.  Ht 1.5m, Sp 1m.  Supplied in a 2 litre pot.