Thumbnail photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Gardens.
The Denver Botanic Gardens has a really nice Chinese Quince in their collection. I like the bark and leaves on the tree a lot. They are both quite different then Japanese Quince. The bark on the Chinese Quince is molted with several different colors all rolled into one beautiful trunk. The leaves appear to be a nice medium green color, rather thick and almost round shape to them. Its a fine combination and really striking when it is in bloom with pink flowers.
Right now the tree has just started producing new leaves after spending the winter in the Gardens cold greenhouse. The greenhouse is not allowed to go below 50 degrees in the winter. No flower buds at this time (March).
Here is a nice article and video combination by International Bonsai Master Bill Valvanis on making a Chinese Quince forest.
Chinese quince in the ground by Nebari Bonsai
Must Have: Chinese Quince by Louis The Plant Geek Note: Nice photos of the trunk of a landscape tree.
Pseudocydonia sinensis by Missouri Botanical Gardens
Pseudocydonia sinensis (Thouin) C.K. Schneid. Chinese-quince by United States Department of Agriculture
Still Searching for the Perfect Nebari by Bonsai Bark
The rare beauty of the Chinese quince by Washington Post
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