Red Flowering Quince Live Shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, 6–8 Inch Flowering Plant in 5 Inch Pot, Garden Landscape Shrub

Red Flowering Quince Live Plant – Compact Ornamental Shrub

Add seasonal color to your outdoor garden with this young Red Flowering Quince shrub. Flowering quince is a deciduous ornamental shrub grown for its colorful blooms and its use in garden beds, borders, and landscape plantings.

This young, well-rooted plant is approximately 6–8 inches tall and grown in a 5-inch nursery pot. It is suitable for gardeners who want to establish a flowering shrub and watch it grow over time.

🌿 Plant Details

• Common name: Red Flowering Quince

• Botanical name: Chaenomeles japonica — confirm the species with your supplier

• Quantity: One live shrub, unless your listing specifies otherwise

• Plant height: Approximately 6–8 inches

• Pot size: 5-inch nursery pot

• Growth habit: Deciduous flowering shrub

• Flower color: Red, subject to cultivar and plant identity

• Growing location: Outdoors

• Landscape uses: Garden beds, borders, and ornamental shrub plantings

• Hardiness: Listed as USDA zones 5–9; confirm the correct range for the exact species or cultivar

☀️ Growing and Care Guide

Sunlight: Plant in full sun to partial shade. A sunnier location generally encourages better flowering.

Soil: Choose well-draining garden soil. Avoid sites where water regularly pools around the roots.

Watering: Water thoroughly after planting. Keep the root zone moderately moist while the shrub establishes, then adjust watering to rainfall, temperature, and soil conditions.

Planting: Acclimate the plant to outdoor conditions before transplanting if it has been growing in a protected nursery environment. Dig a hole wide enough for the root ball, plant at the same depth it was growing in the pot, backfill, and water well.

Seasonal growth: Flowering quince is deciduous, so it naturally loses its leaves during the dormant season. Bloom timing varies with climate, weather, and the exact plant variety.

Pruning: Prune selectively after flowering when needed to maintain shape or remove damaged growth. Flowering quince may develop thorns, depending on the species or cultivar, so handle it carefully.

🌸 Flowering Expectations

This plant is grown for its ornamental flowers, but bloom timing and flower production depend on plant maturity, seasonal conditions, sunlight, and growing care. A young plant may not be flowering when it arrives, and blooms are not guaranteed in the first season.

📦 Shipping Details

• One live flowering quince shrub.

• Approximately 6–8 inches tall at listing.

• Grown in a 5-inch nursery pot.

• Plant size, branching, and foliage may vary naturally.

• Seasonal dormancy or temporary shipping stress may affect its appearance.

• Shipping restriction: The seller does not ship this plant to California. Please check delivery eligibility before ordering.

Important Notes

The exact botanical identity and cultivar should be confirmed before purchase if you need a particular flower color, mature size, or hardiness range. Photos of mature flowering shrubs illustrate the plant at a later growth stage and do not guarantee that the young plant will arrive in bloom.