Quince Double Take Orange Storm

Quince in a Fence

| Flower Roberts

I regret having to imprison my plants, but it is for their own protection. The local deer ate this shrub down to half its size last year.

That’s why its blooms are low to the ground. Quinces usually have a more open form.

This one is Chaenomeles, Double Take, Orange Storm.

Many plants are being moved to safer locations, but I am hesitant to dig up shrubs. My garden is going through a painful transformation due to the deer problem. It has been painful for the plants and the gardener.

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First Flowers

| Flower Roberts

I am always delighted with the first flowers of spring.

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I must touch them and talk to them.

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Thanking them for surviving and showing up again.

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Happy to see their colorful faces.

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No matter how small,

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I love them all.

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My Only Quince

| Flower Roberts

I have a shrub circle down the hill from the house.

The shrubs are planted around a huge oak tree.

I have included one special specimen of each of my favorite types of shrubs.

I planned each to bloom in its own time.

The first to bloom is my one and only Quince.

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It is the Quince of dreams.

Chaenomeles ‘ Double Take, Orange Storm’.

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I found it while plant shopping with my sister.

It was in a too small pot full of weeds.  I had to rescue it.

I told the worker that I was reporting them for abuse and neglect.

He gave me a discount.

My ‘Orange Storm’ has recovered nicely.

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Stay tuned for more from the shrub circle.

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