The Japanese quince is invaluable for early spring colour when its bright orange-flame flowers stud the bare thorny stems for weeks.
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The Japanese quince is invaluable for early spring colour when its bright orange-flame flowers stud the bare thorny stems for weeks.
Wow! It is beautiful!
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Pretty, Jude. It’s so hard to take pictures of red flowers. 🙂
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True. These did come out better than most.
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You can’t go wring with a Japonica and you’ve captured the colour perfectly too!
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Saw a lovely white one yesterday alongside this deep red one. Looked stunning.
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I didn’t even know they came in white, but i vaguely recollect a very soft pale pink!
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I have seen orange and a salmon pink one.
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I love these in simple arrangements for their wonderful Asian quality. Someone told me they are related to roses botanically….no idea, but they sure do have the thorns.
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That’s interesting. I shall have to investigate 🙂
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