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Thursday 18 June 2015

FFF187 - JAPONICA

Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince in the Rosaceae family. It is a thorny deciduous shrub that is commonly cultivated. It is shorter than another commonly cultivated species C. speciosa, growing to only about 1 m in height. The fruit is called Kusa-boke (草木瓜) in Japanese. Chaenomeles japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai.

It is best known for its colourful spring flowers of red, white or pink. It produces apple-shaped fruit that are a golden-yellow colour containing red-brown seeds. The fruit is edible, but hard and astringent-tasting, unless bletted. The fruit is occasionally used in jelly and pie making as an inferior substitute for its cousin, the true quince, Cydonia oblonga.

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17 comments:

  1. That is a wonderful pinkish red and the petals have a nice shape to them as well.

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  2. Such cheerful flowers! Never tasted quince pie - I don't know if they sell it here - maybe in a specialty store/restaurant...

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  3. I've never thought of eating fruit of this tree...

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  4. What a beautifully photographed red flower. I find matte red petals the very hardest to render properly with my Canon. I'm guessing you use a different camera?

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    1. Hello, Sara. I used a Sony compact camera, DSC-HX60V

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  5. beautiful plant! nice colour on a winter's day!

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  6. thank you for your platform.
    I have one also, if you are interested look at http://pippavier.blogspot.de/ please.
    have a good and calm day
    Herzlich PIPPA

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    1. Thanks, Pippa! You have a very interesting blog. I shall be joining some of your creative memes!

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  7. Pretty flower. Excellent workmanship!

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  8. Yes, I think I konow this plant ... Very pretty capture!

    Wish you a very nice Weekend.

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  9. We have the Japonica too in our garden. But ours was already blooming in April - here in our area that's the usual time.
    Kind regards, Veronika

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  10. I'm sure I saw the blossom of japonica... and now I know the name thanks to this article!!... Have a sunny weekend of june!

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  11. So beautiful !! I love this color !!
    Greetings

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  12. Lovely and colorful bloom with good info Nick. Thank you for hosting!

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  13. What a beautiful flower and so nicely captured on top!
    Have a great week,
    Annie

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