Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince Live Plant 6-9 Inch – Outdoor Shrub

Overview

Introduce a burst of fiery color and elegant form to your landscape with the Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant. This exceptional deciduous shrub, scientifically known as Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’, is celebrated for its truly magnificent blooms. Unlike traditional quinces, the ‘Scarlet Storm’ variety is completely thornless, making it a joy to handle and place in high-traffic garden areas. Its large, double, velvety flowers erupt in a stunning lipstick-red hue, creating a dramatic visual impact in early spring, often with repeat blooms into the summer. This resilient plant is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for a low-maintenance, high-impact specimen. The Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant ensures a vibrant display and robust growth, arriving as a healthy starter plant ready to thrive in your garden.

The ‘Double Take Scarlet Storm’ is not just beautiful; it’s also highly practical. It’s renowned for being a deer resistant shrub and does not produce fruit, simplifying garden clean-up. Growing to a manageable size, it fits well into various garden designs, from mixed borders to specimen plantings. Its captivating red flowers also make for exquisite cut arrangements, bringing the garden’s beauty indoors. Embrace the opportunity to cultivate this remarkable Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’ and enjoy its season-long splendor.

Key Benefits

The Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant offers numerous advantages, making it a highly desirable addition to any garden:

• Stunning Visual Impact: Produces large, double, velvety, lipstick-red flowers that create a spectacular display in early spring, often with sporadic reblooming later in the season. These vibrant blooms are an instant focal point, ensuring your garden stands out.
• Thornless Variety: Unlike many traditional quinces, ‘Scarlet Storm’ is a truly thornless flowering quince, making it safer and more pleasant to work with and enjoy in the garden, particularly in areas frequented by children or pets.
• Deer-Resistant: A fantastic choice for gardens prone to deer browsing, as this plant is typically left untouched, ensuring its beauty remains intact throughout the year. Gardeners seeking a reliable deer resistant shrub will find this an ideal solution.
• No Fruit Production: This cultivar does not set fruit, which means no messy clean-up of fallen quinces, allowing you to enjoy its floral beauty without the hassle. This feature simplifies garden maintenance significantly.
• Excellent Cut Flowers: The striking red blooms are perfect for cutting, adding a touch of elegance and vibrant color to indoor floral arrangements, extending its appeal beyond the garden.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, this Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant requires minimal care, thriving with basic watering and occasional fertilization, making it suitable for busy gardeners.
• Adaptable and Resilient: Tolerant of various soil conditions and able to withstand cold temperatures, making it a robust and reliable performer in USDA Zones 5 and above.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant is relatively straightforward, ensuring years of vibrant blooms. This deciduous shrub thrives best in a location that receives full sun, meaning at least six hours of direct sunlight per day. Adequate sunlight is crucial for maximizing flower production and maintaining a compact, healthy growth habit. While it can tolerate some partial shade, flowering may be less prolific. When planting, ensure the soil is consistently moist but well-draining. Heavy, waterlogged soils can lead to root issues, so amending with organic matter can improve drainage if your soil is clay-heavy.

Watering is important, especially during dry spells and in the plant’s first year of establishment. Aim to keep the soil evenly moist, but avoid overwatering. Once established, the Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant is quite drought-tolerant. This plant is winter hardy in USDA Zones 5-9, capable of withstanding cold temperatures. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer formulated for flowering shrubs. Pruning is best done after flowering to shape the plant and remove any dead or crossing branches. Because it’s a thornless flowering quince, pruning is a more pleasant task. This plant is generally disease and pest resistant, contributing to its low-maintenance appeal. For optimal growth and bloom, ensure it has good air circulation and avoid overhead watering to minimize fungal issues. Understanding proper red flowering quince care will help it flourish.

Size & Details

This offering is for one Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant, provided as a starter plant. Each plant measures approximately 6-9 inches in height, ensuring a well-rooted specimen ready for successful transplanting into your garden or a larger container. It is typically shipped in a 3×4 inch pot, providing a healthy root system for immediate growth. The ‘Scarlet Storm’ cultivar is a vigorous grower, eventually reaching a mature height of 4-5 feet and a similar spread, creating a dense and rounded shrub. Its moderate growth rate means you’ll see significant development within a few seasons. Expect the first spectacular display of lipstick-red flowers in early spring, with occasional repeat blooms throughout the summer months. This thornless variety does not set fruit, simplifying garden maintenance. For best results, plant in full sun in well-draining, consistently moist soil. This plant is hardy in USDA Zone 5, making it a robust and reliable choice for many climates. Cultivating this Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’ will bring lasting beauty.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant typically grows to a mature height of 4-5 feet and can spread similarly, forming a dense, rounded shrub. Its manageable size makes it versatile for various garden applications.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: This is an outdoor deciduous shrub, best suited for garden beds, borders, and landscape plantings where it can receive full sun exposure. It is winter hardy in USDA Zones 5-9.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For the best flowering and overall health, this thornless flowering quince requires full sun, which means at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. It can tolerate partial shade but may have fewer blooms.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the ‘Scarlet Storm’ Flowering Quince is considered a low-maintenance shrub. Once established, it is quite resilient, a deer resistant shrub, and requires minimal pruning and watering, making red flowering quince care quite simple.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant will arrive as a well-rooted starter plant, approximately 6-9 inches tall, securely packaged in a 3×4 inch pot, ready for planting immediately upon arrival.
• Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The ideal time to plant is in spring or early fall, allowing the plant to establish its root system before extreme temperatures. However, with proper care, it can be planted any time the ground is not frozen.
• Q: Does this plant produce fruit? A: No, the ‘Double Take Scarlet Storm’ cultivar is a fruit-sterile variety, meaning it will not produce the quinces typically associated with other Chaenomeles speciosa species. This simplifies garden clean-up.
• Q: Is it deer-resistant? A: Yes, this deer resistant shrub is well-known for its resistance to deer browsing, making it an excellent choice for gardens in areas with deer populations where other plants might be damaged.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can withstand? A: This flowering quince is hardy down to USDA Zone 5, meaning it can tolerate winter temperatures as low as -20°F to -10°F (-29°C to -23°C) once established, making it suitable for many climates.
• Q: Can I use its flowers for arrangements? A: Absolutely! The large, vibrant red flowers of the Double Take Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince live plant are beautiful and long-lasting as cut flowers, perfect for bringing garden beauty indoors to enjoy.