{"product_id":"quince-champion-cydonia-oblonga","title":"Champion Quince - Cydonia oblonga ‘Champion’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChampion Quince - Cydonia oblonga ‘Champion’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Champion’ is a large-fruited quince producing pale golden, pear-shaped fruit with flesh that cooks down tender and rose-pink. \u003cem\u003eCydonia oblonga\u003c\/em\u003e makes an unusually characterful small tree, developing a crooked, low-branched frame with grey-felted leaves and unusually large single flowers, which is why it has a place in ornamental gardens as well as orchards. It also handles damp, heavy ground far better than the apples and pears it is related to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Champion Quince\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSelf Fertile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quinces set fruit without a pollinating partner, so a single tree crops on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Showy Blossom\u003c\/strong\u003e: The pale pink single flowers are among the biggest of any fruit tree and open after frost risk has largely passed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWet Soil Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Copes with heavier, moister ground than most deciduous fruit trees will accept.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePicturesque Frame\u003c\/strong\u003e: Naturally gnarled, twisting branch structure gives real winter presence.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStorage and Fragrance\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harvested fruit perfumes a room for weeks and keeps well before cooking.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKitchen Garden Anchor\u003c\/strong\u003e: A single tree supplies more than most households can preserve in a season.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDamp Corner Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Useful in the low, wetter part of a block where other fruit trees fail.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrnamental Small Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grey foliage, big flowers and a twisted frame carry it in a mixed border, not just an orchard.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage and Cottage Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e: A traditional inclusion in older Australian gardens across the cooler temperate south.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 to 3m for a fruiting row\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 4 to 5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Winter, while fully dormant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moisture-retentive loam or clay loam; tolerates damp ground but not permanent standing water\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply once a week through the first two summers, as quinces drop fruit under drought stress. Mulch to 100mm across a wide grass-free ring, and prune lightly in winter to open the centre rather than heading branches back, since fruit forms on the tips of the current season's growth.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow to Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deciduous\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Species native to the Caucasus and south west Asia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pale pink to white\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795339378974,"sku":"ND-1497-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/aIIR-RrXZO8lGPyTgefEc_iJiQEz2W.jpg?v=1787313714","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/quince-champion-cydonia-oblonga","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}