Chojubai White

[defra]

Nice one
Helpfull info on the pruning thnx
I got a red flower one

 

[fredtruck]

I've had chojubai reds before. The flowers are gorgeous, but I found the reds to be cranky, and difficult. Having said that, Brian Van Fleet has done an excellent job with chojubai red. There are others, too.

 

[fredtruck]

During the late fall, I slip-potted my chojubai into a larger, deeper pot. This isn't an exhibition pot, but a pot for growing roots. Here's the tree with no leaves, and a lot of buds, some of which are close to opening.

 

[fredtruck]

The chojubai actually flowered on the 1st of December. Since then, a few more flowers have opened.

 

[jriddell88]

Nice Fred! I’m going to airlayer some larger branches on quince next season , have you found them to airlayer easily ?

 

[just.wing.it]

Cool tree, I always enjoy your contributions Fred.
Keep up the good work!

 

[fredtruck]

Nice Fred! I’m going to airlayer some larger branches on quince next season , have you found them to airlayer easily ?

I've never done it, but like you, I've heard they're easy to airlayer.

 

[0soyoung]

I've not done chojubai, but have layered several other chaenomeles. They are indeed easily air layered. They are also easily ground layered just like azaleas - simply peg a stem to the ground.

 

[fredtruck]

I have done ground layering, and I agree, it's easy. With chojubai it works well and gives the tree a distinctive look.

 

[fredtruck]

I like to track the flower development on my chojubai. Here is how the tree changed in a three day period.

 

[fredtruck]

My chojubai has entered its...maybe second or third burst of flowers. It's not done yet! This picture was taken from the back.

 

[fredtruck]

The spring was weird...very warm, then cool and finally cold and then very hot, often in the low 100s. I was traveling, so I carefully cut the flowers that had bloomed. But apparently, I missed one. I just discovered this fruit tonight.



You can see it in the circle, but here's a better closeup:



It's in the upper right center part of the picture. The quince fruit looks a lot like the leaves.

So, here's the mama and the baby.

 

[cmeg1]

Pretty nice trunk on that.The white are more vigorous heh?
Looks good.

 

[fredtruck]

Pretty nice trunk on that.The white are more vigorous heh?
Looks good.

Yes. They are more vigorous. Still, I've found (to my dismay) that you have to pay attention to the whites, too, because things can and will go wrong with them. Just less often than with the reds. Thanks for the good words.

 

[fredtruck]

Here we are again, with the first flush of flowers. These flowers are very early, at least in my experience. The pot I'm using here is by Sugiura Keisen. It functions less as a container and more like a slab because it is so shallow.

 

[defra]

Here we are again, with the first flush of flowers. These flowers are very early, at least in my experience. The pot I'm using here is by Sugiura Keisen. It functions less as a container and more like a slab because it is so shallow.View attachment 219259

Whaat way early
Nice tough!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Here we are again, with the first flush of flowers. These flowers are very early, at least in my experience. The pot I'm using here is by Sugiura Keisen. It functions less as a container and more like a slab because it is so shallow.

Nice container choice Fred! Good compliment to the flowers.

 

[amcoffeegirl]

Looking great.

 

[JudyB]

That seems to be one happy quince! So nice to see blooms in winter.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I missed the fruit post...? love the blooms. There are a handful of ones I see update or create posts that raises my pulse. You're one of them. Thanks for sharing...never disappointed.