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Quince Meechs Prolific in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Cydonia oblonga 'Meech's Prolific'

 

Quince 'Meech's Prolific'

Cydonia are large deciduous shrubs. The shrub has simple oval leaves, and 5-petalled, bowl-shaped pink or white flowers that are followed by pear-like acidic fruits that are edible when ripe, and are often used for making preserves.'Meech's Prolific' bears quite large, pear-shaped golden yellow fruits with excellent flavour. It will often bear fruit after just three years.

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plant Features
  • Quince Meechs Prolific likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Quince Meechs Prolific likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Quince Meechs Prolific is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Quince Meechs Prolific likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Quince 'Meech's Prolific'

Latin name

Cydonia oblonga 'Meech's Prolific'

type

Deciduous trees or shrubs

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Quince Meechs Prolific likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Quince Meechs Prolific is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Quince Meechs Prolific likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Quince Meechs Prolific likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Quince Meechs Prolific is 4.50meters x 4.50meters 4.50 M 4.50 M

Cydonia oblonga 'Meech's Prolific'

Cydonia are large deciduous shrubs. The shrub has simple oval leaves, and 5-petalled, bowl-shaped pink or white flowers that are followed by pear-like acidic fruits that are edible when ripe, and are often used for making preserves.'Meech's Prolific' bears quite large, pear-shaped golden yellow fruits with excellent flavour. It will often bear fruit after just three years.


Flowering Season

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Quince flowers, which have 5 petals, and are bowl-shaped, and usually white or pink, appear in Spring.

 

Planting

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Plant out in late winter. Quinces need a long growing season to ripen well and so are best trained as a fan against a south or west-facing wall in more exposed or northerly gardens.

 
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