Chaenomeles trial 2022–2025

Objectives and purpose of the trial

The RHS has not trialled Chaenomeles (Japanese quince or Maule’s quince) before, so this is an opportunity to see how different cultivars perform side by side at Witch Hazel Nursery, Kent. The aim is to assess and showcase a range of Chaenomeles plants, which are available for ornamental use and address any naming and taxonomic issues encountered during the trial. Those that perform best will be awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Pure white flowers of Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’
Clusters of Chaenomeles × superba ‘Nicoline’ with scarlet flowers

Judges and criteria

Judging criteria

The following factors are all taken into consideration as part of the judging of the trial:

  • Flower quality, colour and size
  • Quantity of flower
  • Length of flowering period

  • Foliage quality
  • Growth habit and vigour
  • Fruit size, colour and persistence

Suppliers to the trial

List of plants in the trial

View all the Chaenomeles on trial at Witch Hazel Nursery
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Red Joy’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Friesdorfer’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Eximia’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Cameo’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Nivalis’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa [Hot Fire] (‘Minvesu’)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Flocon Rose’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa [Mango Storm] (‘Mincha01’)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Rubra’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Kinshiden’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Crimson and Gold’
  • Chaenomeles japonica ‘Orange Beauty’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Yukigotan’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Moerloosei’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Chojuraku’
  • Chaenomeles ‘Tsukusa-botan’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Contorta’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Atrococcinea’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Coccinea’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Vermilion’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Ernst Finken’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Rowallane’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Incendie’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles × superba
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Hi-no-tsukasa’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Yukigotan’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Toyo-nishiki’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Crimson Beauty’
  • Chaenomeles ‘Kai-un’
  • Chaenomeles ‘Suifu-nishiki’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Versicolor Lutescens’
  • Chaenomeles × superba
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Kinshiden’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa
  • Chaenomeles ‘Hibotan’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Cardinalis’
  • Chaenomeles japonica var. alpina
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Kinjishi’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Falconnet Charlet’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles ‘Syowa-nishiki’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Andenken an Karl Ramcke’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Knap Hill Radiance’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Umbilicata’
  • Chaenomeles Scarlet no. 251
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Crimson and Gold’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Fire Dance’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Clementine’
  • Chaenomeles japonica
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Pink Lady’
  • Chaenomeles japonica ‘Sargentii’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Cameo’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Red Trail’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Rubra’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Elly Mossel’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Texas Scarlet’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Salmon Horizon’
  • Chaenomeles [Madame Butterfly] (‘Whitice’)
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Nicoline’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Knap Hill Scarlet’
  • Chaenomeles × superba ‘Jet Trail’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Eximia’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Atrococcinea’
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Phylis Moore’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ (d)
  • Chaenomeles japonica ‘Cido’
  • Chaenomeles japonica ‘Rising Sun’
  • Chaenomeles × superba [Pink Trail] (‘Interpitra’)
  • Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Sanguinea Plena’
  • Chaenomeles ‘Hi-hookan’
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