Double Take Peach flowering quince
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Double Take Peach'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size4 to 5 feet tall4 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Double Take Peach' flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa 'Double Take Peach') is a shrub for borders, hedges, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late winter, and bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds visit the flowers. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Lenten rose, First Knight fountain grass, and Armenian grape hyacinth.