Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Japanese Quince, Flowering quince
Chaenomeles japonica
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
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Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 1.00 m high × 2.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 5-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Shade, Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit
- Functions
- Ground cover
- Edibility
- 3 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 0 out of 5
The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. It is very hard and sour in its raw state, but when cooked, it becomes fragrant and gives a strong and pleasant flavor to jams and jellies. It is especially tasty when cooked with apples in apple pies. The apple-shaped fruit is about 4 cm in diameter. The rich and aromatic juice, which is as sharp as a lemon, can be pressed and used in the kitchen.