Cheyenne Red Flowering Quince

Cheyenne Red is a deciduous Japanese flowering quince selected for red blooms and an ornamental fruit display. Red Butte Garden records the exact cultivar at about 10 feet tall by 15 feet wide, substantially larger than a compact hedge shrub. Give it room for a broad, thorny branching framework. ## Form and placement The [Red Butte Garden profile](https://redbuttegarden.org/plants/species/815/) identifies the plant as Chaenomeles japonica ‘Cheyenne Red’, with red flowers, full sun to part shade, and hardiness zones 5–9. It lists a mature size of 10 feet high by 15 feet wide. The [North Carolina Extension profile for Japanese flowering quince](https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/chaenomeles-japonica/) describes the species’ open, spreading, thorny stems and late-winter flowers. ## Seasonal interest Red blooms appear on bare branches before or during leaf emergence, followed by quince-like fruit. The cultivar’s broad spread makes it useful as a flowering screen or informal focal shrub where its thorny stems will not obstruct paths. ## Maintenance Prune Japanese flowering quince in spring after flowering because it blooms on old wood. Remove unwanted suckers if a tidier footprint is needed, and avoid severe pruning that would remove the next season’s flowering growth.