BOTANICAL NAME: Chaenomeles spec. ‘Scarff’s Red’

COMMON NAME: “Scarff’s Red Flowering Quince”

ATTRACTS:  Butterflies & Birds

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Crimson red blooms in Spring

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun       

HEIGHT: 6 to 8 feet

WIDTH: 12 to 15 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Deciduous

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers slightly alkaline, well-drained soil but can adapt to most soil types.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Attracts pollinators and wildlife

Deer resitant

Drought tolerant

HARDINESS ZONES: 5-9

Scarff’s Red Quince in an upright growing, deciduous, flowering shrub that has a round-spreading habit. It has crimson red flowers in early Spring. Good plant for a shrub border or espaliered to a wall.