This was our lovely quince tree in the spring, the fruit formed and grew and was doing very well, then wham last week, the fruits went brown and fell off. ;-(((
Any ideas, ??????? qahtan
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/qahtan/garden/quince003-1.jpg)
Please tell me, I'm not alone in thinking that is not a quince.
The leaves are wrong, so are the flowers.
valmarg
Oh dear how sad! It may possibly have been brown rot.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/GROWYOUROWN/quince.asp
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0900/brown_rot.asp
Valmarg it looks like one to me!
http://blogs.salon.com/0004217/images/2007/04/17/Quince%20Tree%20Blossom.6.jpg
Yes Flighty, that looks like mine,
But mine looks prettier. :-))))) qahtan
Qahtan it does indeed as it has lot more leaves and blossom, shame about the fruit though!
That's the true quince Valmarg... you're thinking of the Japanese one...
Qahtan mine did exactly the same... it is now virtually leafless... :-\
Japanese quince being Japonica???? qahtan
Qahtan yes, as you can see here -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_quince.shtml
My Jap quince that is now squashed between two greenhouses.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/ninnyscrops/DSCF0134.jpg
Linda
Sorry, I obviously got it completely wrong.
Beautiful shrub, beautiful flowers.
valmarg