General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15 to 25 feet
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Other: 3 inch, round to pear-like, bright yellow when ripe; each containing many seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Other: seeds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Quince
  • Fruiting Quince
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cydonia oblonga
  • Synonym: Pyrus cydonia

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Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-02-08
Quince (Cydonia oblonga) seeds start to germinate in about 4 days
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: March 11,  2022
Quince #25 nn; LHB p. 513, 94-24-1, "Named for Cydon on the isle
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-02-04
Quince (Cydonia oblonga) fruit and seeds.
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: March 11,  2022
Quince #25nn LHB Page 513,Quince #25 nn; LHB p. 513, 94-24-1, "Na
Location: Southern Pines, NC (Boyd House garden)
Date: March 11,  2022
Quince #25 nn; LHB p. 513, 94-24-1, "Named for Cydon on the isle
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2022
Full sun.
Location: indoors Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2023-02-21
Quince (Cydonia oblonga) seedlings.
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2009-05-23

Photo credit: Kor!An (Андрей Корзун)
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-07

Photo by Kor!An

Photo by Kor!An

Date: 2022-04-16
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-03-14

photo credit: Salicyna

Date: 2015-05-02
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-20
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-05-20
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 4000-05-21
the reverse side of
Location: Aarhus Botanical Garden.
Date: August
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Home garden
Date: 2012-11-12 
A good year. This fruit is 2.5 pounds!
Location: Home garden
Date: 2012-06-06 
Good fruit-set this year, still small but past the usual drop pha

Date: 2007-11-29
USDA

photo credit: Dinkum
Location: Home
Date: 2012-04-24 
Smyrna Quince, self-fertile, turkish

Date: 2015-05-02
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WebTucker On March 11, 2022 Bloomed
Cobs On January 12, 2023 Miscellaneous Event
Planted possibly early 2000's in orchard block between Gleditsia and Apricot - top corner. Plant tag (partial only) simply says "Quince, popular selection from Turkey, distinctive aroma, prolific bearer...."
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