Andy Rodker

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Posted: 30 Mar 2021


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Not sure what these are. Growing wild by the side of the road. /Answer is now below in the comments.

Not sure what these are. Growing wild by the side of the road. /Answer is now below in the comments.
But they're a welcome addition to the local spring flora!
Roadside, Algete, Madrid.
Not actually in any garden but probably a garden escapee!

John Cass, Nouchetdu38, Eric Desjours, niraK68 and 41 other people have particularly liked this photo


55 comments - The latest ones
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
beautiful flowers Andy
3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Annemarie! I wish I knew what they were!
3 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
In the village they are blooming too.
Cydonia oblonga, rosaceae.
Quince tree
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Xata club
Thanks, Isabel but I have my doubts.
I had quince and japonica (related - chaenomeles japonica) trees in my various gardens and the leaves and blossom didn't look like these. I can see a little similarity in the petals but not the leaves.
Let's see what others say!
Interesting!
(And if I pass by in June or July and see green or yellow fruit on the bush then I will defer immediately to your superior wisdom!)
I wish I had my garden plant reference book here in Spain but it is enormous and very heavy and had to stay in Cornwall. With it I would find it in less than 5 minutes!
Mind you, if I did have it here, I would not be able to put it down and would still be absorbed in it at 7 in the morning!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Andy Rodker club
You could always Google it, Andy - saves having to carry a heavy book!!!
3 years ago.
Leon_Vienna club has replied to Andy Rodker club
I am with Isabel: Cydonia oblonga, most likely a wild(er), self-sown (in the meaning of not cultivated) variety. That may cause the difference of leaves. But especially these blossom buds (see note) that can be seen are typical Cydonia to me. As well the parts of twiggs and bark: the kind they grow - very twisted - and the small dots on them: Qunice.
In my garden grow two of them, too. One was the rootstock or base of a pear tree which died and then gave place to it (in previous times it was usual refining pears onto quince). The second just grows out of a Quince refining - obviousely a noble quince was grafted onto wild quince.

So, now I hope that all these technical terms have been translated correctly by me and DeepL. In our country, quince is one of the last fruit trees to blossom in early to mid-May (just yesterday first apricots and peach blossoms opened - our first fruit trees to bloom).
And I am off to the garden now! Yesterday I planted 110 potatoes in 7 varieties and sowed parsnip and sweet peas. Now I am going to sow some flowers, Calendula, Cartamus tinctoris, Linum and Agrostemma githago. This beds are a sort of fallow in my garden - next year will be vegetables on it again.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Xata club
Hi Isabel,
So you are right after all!!!! Well done!!!
I still have never seen quince blossom and leaves like these so it's a first for me!!!
Please read Leon's comment and my reply; also Rosa too!! Thank you!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jenny McIntyre club
Thank you, Jenny. I will download the app suggested by Rosa: PlantNet.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
Thank you, Leon, for your comments and, yes: 1. DeepL has done a good job and 2. You are quite right!!! I thought I knew what several varieties of quince and Chaenomoles Japonica looked liked like but this is different to any I have come across before. Live and learn!
Have a good gardening day. I too will be helping in the garden. Potatoes and onions today.
I will keep an eye on the quince bush (it's low-lying, not tree sized at all which is another reason I doubted it was quince) and hope the Council doesn't remove it. Council budget cuts give me some hope here!!!
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
That's a great garden Leon !
3 years ago.
Leon_Vienna club has replied to Xata club
Thank you Isabel. Glad you like that.
It is visible on Google Earth, the image there was taken just one year ago (2nd of April 2020).
48° 7'57.33"N
16°15'25.80"E
A bit closer and 6 weeks later: the fruit tree meadow. Most of it we mow in summer with skythes.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
Had a look myself, Leon! Superb garden!
3 years ago.
Leon_Vienna club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Thank you Andy.
The veggie garden is quite well visible, the "square" between the lanes (google maps shows better than earth) is an old fruit tree garden with some interesting varieties of apples and cherries (a peep on it is here: www.ipernity.com/doc/2251804/50664222). Nothing of that is my own, but the property of a catholic school. They don't need that area for their eductions, so I was allowed to care and use. Together with my wife and two or three friends, we manage to look after it with all the work is necessary since about 14 years. It is a good old place, worth continue the work generations did before and, last not least, our "splendid isolation" - not only since corona is raging around.
3 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
A fine big garden indeed, and lucky you to have that priviledge, I have just read your reply to Andy underneath.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
A lovely sight. Beautiful delicate colour.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jean
Thank you, Jean - yes, it's the colour that drew me to cross the street to have a closer look and take a shot!
3 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
It looks similar to my Christmas Rose, apart from the fact that mine had yellow flowers. I may be wrong, as it's a while since Christmas, but my plant still has flowers on it.
3 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Elles sont magnifiques et bien partagée..!
Bon mercredi.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Thank you, Malik!
3 years ago.
 Danielle
Danielle
Très jolie floraison **********************
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Danielle
Many thanks, Danielle!
3 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Gorgeous...
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to ©UdoSm club
Thank you, Udo!
3 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Andy, I have a brilliant app on my phone that identifies flowers called PlantNet. I took a photo with my phone from this picture and it was identified as Cydonia oblonga Mill.
Nice shot by the way :-))
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
That sounds like a really useful app, Rosa. Thank you!!!
3 years ago.
Leon_Vienna club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
Well, well - the time will come and all our personal knowledge and experience will be for the bin ... ;-/
A friend has a similar thing for birds. You won't take a picture, but record the song/sound. It hits almost to 100%.
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
je suis d'accord avec Isabelle ; c'est un Cognassier
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to neira-Dan club
Many thanks, Daniele!
3 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful little flowers wioth a lovely soft pink colour.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thank you, Jaap!
3 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Lovely blossom, Andy ************************
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Thank you, Marie-claire!
3 years ago.
 gezginruh
gezginruh club
Very beautiful flowers! Nice capture!

Best wishes
Füsun
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to gezginruh club
Many thanks, Fúsun! Best wishes,
Andy
3 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Lovely flowers, but I won't even try to guess the identity.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to tiabunna club
Thank you, George. The answer has been given above. Nearly everyone but me (and you) recognised it immediately!
3 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Lovely shot, have a good day my friend ;-)
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to ╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Many thanks, June!
3 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Lovely and with a delicate tones
Very well captured, Andy
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to J.Garcia club
Many thanks, Judite!
3 years ago.
 Andrea Ertl
Andrea Ertl club
Sehr hübsch, Andy !
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Andrea Ertl club
Thank you, Andrea!
3 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
Clematisachtige Bloemen
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Yes, but now confirmed as quince. Thank you, Fred!
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A wonderfully detailed shot Andy...............and the flowers and really lovely.

I can also recommend the PlantNet App (which Rosa told me about), it works perfectly. I can also recommend the BirdNet App, which will listen to a bird singing and identify it for you.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thank you, Keith. Yes, I will investigate PlantNet. As long as it's not too expensive!
3 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Both are free Andy!
3 years ago.
 Stefani Wehner
Stefani Wehner club
Look very delightful, Andy!
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Stefani Wehner club
Many thanks, Stefani!
3 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
A fine capture.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Thank you, John!
3 years ago.
 Leo W
Leo W club
very beautiful. I wish you Happy Easter
3 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Many thanks, Leo and thank you too for your visit!
3 years ago.
 Leon_Vienna
Leon_Vienna club
Since the weekend my Quince here in Vienna are in bloom. Tomorrow I will take photos of them and I am going to post them here ... and don't you dare, not coming back and see them!! Stay strong, get well again. Please.
3 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Leon_Vienna club
Yes, I've seen my ones in fruit this year and sadly no one seems to want them but I can't take them as I don't know if they're on private proprty or not!
20 months ago.

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