General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Best flowering occurs in full sun. Adapts to a wide range of soil conditions, but prefers well-drained loams. Blooms on old growth. Pruning to shape in spring after flowering stimulates growth of flowering spurs which will improve bloom for the following year (though it will reduce fruit production for the current year).

Noteworthy Characteristics:

'Jet Trail' is a compact flowering quince hybrid cultivar (C. japonica x C. speciosa) that typically grows only to 2-4' tall. It is a dense, twiggy, spiny, deciduous shrub noted for its pure white, early spring flowers and its compact, broad-spreading habit. Five-petaled white flowers (1.5" diameter) appear in small clusters mostly before the foliage emerges in an extremely showy early spring bloom. Flowers are followed by hard, yellowish-green fruits (quinces) which ripen in autumn. Although edible, quinces are too bitter to be eaten directly from the plant, but are sometimes used in preserves and jellies. Oval to oblong, glossy dark green leaves (to 3" long). No fall color. 'Jet Trail' is a sport of C. x superba 'Texas Scarlet'.