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I read once that the difference between a flower bed and a landscape is a Flowering Quince :)
For years after I moved into my house, I wondered what this plant was that always bloomed in the hedgerow every February. Using Google image search, I found out that it was a Flowering Quince -- something I knew nothing about.
It is such a harbinger of Spring that I have gotten quite fond of it, and last year( or year before?), I planted 2 additional ones in different colors. They can be huge plants (and thorny), so I just decided pruning the plants would be an annual hedge trimming task for me.
I noticed today that the original one is blooming now, right on schedule! And I think one of the ones I planted will bloom this year as well.
For years after I moved into my house, I wondered what this plant was that always bloomed in the hedgerow every February. Using Google image search, I found out that it was a Flowering Quince -- something I knew nothing about.
It is such a harbinger of Spring that I have gotten quite fond of it, and last year( or year before?), I planted 2 additional ones in different colors. They can be huge plants (and thorny), so I just decided pruning the plants would be an annual hedge trimming task for me.
I noticed today that the original one is blooming now, right on schedule! And I think one of the ones I planted will bloom this year as well.