ID on a spreading/low growing (flowering) shrub.

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  1. stephenprudence

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    Im not sure when I'm next going to visit, but I will take close ups if possible next time I visit.

    Ive seen these last year; when I visited in September it was the same, with those flowers, then the same in February, and now the same in June.. well all year round flowering.. the petals haven't been eaten though, that's the actual flower.
     
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    Not the best photo (no offence intended) to work with, but google Acca sellowiana and compare them.
     
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      It looks like a quince to me too. I have one but flowers in April but the odd flower will appear through the summer. This looks like a low growing kind.
       
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      :scratch: Hmm I have a quince it does not flower all year, Spring, but it is 4' tall not low & spreading so never thought of that.. These are the flowers on Quince & it also has 1" spikes sticking out of the woody stems which are quite vicious.. Has yours got them.? You can see what I am talking about in my pic..
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      Hi Stephen, I had a look at the site & have been thinking, the gardens are on the Wirral so a prime place to plant Escallonia & there are in fact an awful lot of varieties.. They are very very tough & can take continuous pruning which they would get there.. Escallonias flower on new growth so it would seems like they were in flower all the time with regular clipping.. I then remembered I had seen prostrate variety somewhere.. So had a look around.. It is possible it could be one of them "Red carpet" is the one I am thinking of but there are others as well.. I did find allot on here.. :scratch: Oh well just a thought for you to check out perhaps.. :biggrin:
      http://halcyonplants.co.uk/index.php?page=browsing&category_id=112
       
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      Chaenomeles are often called Quince.
      However, many new cultivars are now thornless.


      https://www.google.co.uk/search?sug...sy-ab&q=Chaenomeles++thornless&oq=Chaenomeles

      True Quince is Cydonia oblonga.
       
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      At the risk of becoming a pain.
      All Escallonia only have 5 stamen.Even E. Red Carpet.
      Stephens pic clearly shows flowers with multiple stamens.
       
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      Hi Marley, mine isn't thorney. It's about 7' high and same wide but it's about 20 years old. It's starting to bear fruit but still has the odd flower on it.
      Some pics today.
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      Hmm I am forgetting the multiple stamens SS..
      Trouble is most quince don't look anywhere near as leafy as Stephen's plant, but I agree looks like one & even what appears to be fruit forming behind flower etc.. Looks familiar but not quite sure..
       
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      Mine is an old bush too Robajobs but I have to admit it flowers & fruits heavily every year even though I cut it back like the hedge.. :doh:
       
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