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Do you have a Chaenomeles (Quince/japonica) in your garden?

Primrose · 2009-09-14 19:16:28

They're those lovely sprintime shubs with waxlike red, pink or salmon coloured frowers. If so, don't ignore their lovely green fruits which turn yellow & scented in autumn when they ripen. They can be chopped up, boiled and the pulp boiled with sugar to make a delicious perfumed jelly which goes very well with cold meats.…

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Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite

19 September 2009 at 10:35AM

I wouldn't try to grow one of these in a container, it will be almost impossible to keep the water and feed right for the years that will be needed.

Says he who is growing a mulberry in a large pot and has high hopes for fruit in a few years.

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