Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Aquatics

Plants > Aquatics

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta'

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta'

Pollinator FriendlyLow MaintenanceFragrant

Genus: Chaenomeles
Family: Rosaceae

About this plant

A compact, deciduous shrub to 1m in height with dense twisted branches and dark green oval-shaped leaves. The cup-shaped flowers are pale pink to white on leafless, thorny branches in spring. If the summers have been warm, fragrant, yellow fruits are produced in autumn

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

South FacingNorth FacingWest FacingEast Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. For the best fruit ripening grow in full sun

Pruning

Pruning group 2, or pruning group 13 if wall-trained

Propagation

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings

Pests

May be susceptible to brown scale and aphids

Diseases

May be susceptible to fireblight, blossom wilt and brown rot

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverCottage InformalBanks Slopes

Planting Places

PrairieOutdoorWall TrainedMediterranean

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.5-1 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years