Cameo Japanese Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles japonica 'Cameo'
Delightful soft apricot-pink blooms precede foliage, among first flowers to appear each year and long-lasting! Useful compact hedge or shrub. Quince-like fruit attracts birds. Deciduous.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ke-NOM-e-lez ja-PON-i-ka |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care, Edible, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Early spring through summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3082 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: summer after flowering.
Design Ideas
Plant where you can enjoy the early flowers of this low-growing shrub as it blooms along with Crocus and other early bulbs. Good for mounding groundcover or on a slope. The cut branches are good for indoor arrangements.
Delightful soft apricot-pink blooms precede foliage, among first flowers to appear each year and long-lasting! Useful compact hedge or shrub. Quince-like fruit attracts birds. Deciduous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: summer after flowering.
Design Ideas
Plant where you can enjoy the early flowers of this low-growing shrub as it blooms along with Crocus and other early bulbs. Good for mounding groundcover or on a slope. The cut branches are good for indoor arrangements.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ke-NOM-e-lez ja-PON-i-ka |
| Key feature: | Spring Flowering |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 ft. tall, 5 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care, Edible, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Early spring through summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3082 |
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The best fertilizer to use with this plant is All-Purpose Plant Food.view soil products
