Chaenomeles Bonsai Care

Scottish bonsai association a to z of bonsai terms bonsai care for quince flowering chaenomeles tree type outdoors.
Chaenomeles bonsai care. Care info quince flowering chaenomeles repot. When growing them out for bonsai be sure to remove all the suckers as soon as they appear. Water should be applied until it begins running out of the holes in the bottom of your pot. Japanese flowering quince shrubs chaenomeles spp are a heritage ornamental plant with a brief but memorably dramatic floral display flowering quince plants light up the spring for a few weeks with a blaze of colorful blooms.
How often a tree needs to be watered depends on several factors like species of tree size of tree size of pot time of year soil mixture and climate indicating that it is impossible to say how often you should water bonsai. Every 2 4 years depending on age after flowering or. There are a wide range of cultivars to choose from and the most commonly used as a bonsai is chaenomeles speciosa. Watering bonsai trees the most important part of taking care of your bonsai trees is watering.
All of the cultivars sucker to some degree a process that dissipates their energy into many small stems making it difficult to get a good trunk. A good rain is usually a sufficient watering. This species is an old one and has been cultivated in asia for thousands of years. Most varieties flower before leafing out sometimes as early as january and may continue to flower for a long time following.
Chaenomeles sinensis chinese quince now correctly classified as pseudocydonia sinensis a single species genus. Corrections to the branch setting are quite easy. Chaenomeles are much beloved for bonsai because of their tiny lovely flowers and in spite of their prickly thorns. Many need some extra refinement to become good bonsai.
If you are searching for quince potential look out for good trunk lines and an interesting root base. Bonsai cultivation notes. Very similar to chaenomeles species though more tree like and for these purposes can be listed here. Protect in frosts below 5 c though without exposure to cold quinces flower poorly if at all.
The fruit is yellow and large too hard to be edible but making tolerable preserves.