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Cydonia oblonga is a deciduous Tree growing to 7.5 m by 7 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 4 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in November. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Insects.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It can grow in full shade semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Cultivation

Succeeds in most soils but prefers a light moist fertile soil and a sunny position. Dislikes very dry or waterlogged soils. Succeeds in semi-shade but does not fruit so well in such a position. Plants also tolerate quite deep shade, though they will often not fruit at all in such a position. Plants are hardy to about -15°c, though the fruit seldom ripens in the north of Britain unless it is grown against a sunny wall. The quince has been cultivated for over two thousand years for its edible fruit and its seed, though it is not a widely grown crop. It is also much used as a dwarfing rootstock for pears and some other fruits. There are some named varieties. Plants require warm summers in order to fully ripen their fruit. The var. 'Maliformis' ripens well in cooler summers. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 9 through 3. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a standard with a non-suckering single trunk . The root pattern is flat with shallow roots forming a plate near the soil surface .

HabitatsDamp rich soils in hedgerows and thickets.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsShady Edge
HabitatsWoodland Garden Secondary
HabitatsSunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsShady Edge

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