Serbian Gold Quince Trees

This is a highly ornamental and healthy self-fertile variety producing heavy crops of fragrant, apple-shaped fruits. Quinces are tip bearing fruit trees which means that it take a bit longer for them to reach full cropping. The fruit can be huge - between 0.5 and 1kg and they are incredibly fragrant. Not only do they perfume a house, on a sunny day with a gentle breeze the fragrance can fill a garden.

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About Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold

Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold quince trees are stunning ornamental trees. The aromatic fruits are picked earlier than most, in late September, and ripened indoors for at least a fortnight before use in the kitchen.

They are fantastic in jellies and jams, and can be made into membrillo, a quince 'cheese'. They can be added to pies and tarts and are particularly good roasted with dark meats and game.

Characteristics of Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold:

Fruit: Culinary use. Rich, aromatic flavour.
Pollination: Self-fertile
Harvesting: Pick late-september - stores for at least 2 weeks or up to 2 months.
Characteristics: Ornamental bark, pink blossom, good autumnal colour. Highly fragrant.
Suitable for: Training, freestanding, containers.

Great for your garden:

With attractive bark, beautiful large leathery foliage with good autumn colour and abundant pink blossom in spring the ornamental qualities of this quince cannot be overstated.

The fruits are a wonderful bonus and provide a rich spicy-sweet fragrance that will drift around the garden, to make the most of it plant near an entrance to the house or garden.

They look good fan trained on a south facing wall, and benefit from the warmth and shelter especially in exposed gardens. Being self-fertile they are happy on their own as specimen trees.

Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold Trivia

Native to the Middle East and Asia the quince is known as a symbol of love, marriage and fertility. Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of love, was given this 'golden apple' by Paris, and in ancient Greece the fruit was often given as a gift at weddings.

It first appeared in England in the rather grand surroundings of the Tower of London, where Edward 1 ordered some to be planted.

How to plant Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold trees:

Bare root trees are available for planting in the dormant season, between November and March. Container grown plants can be bought all year round - although planting in winter is preferable.

Quince trees need a sunny sheltered site away from frost pockets with soil that retains moisture during summer but is freely draining through winter.

Dig a hole no deeper than the root ball but around three times the diameter. Fork over the bottom of the hole and add in some well rotted compost or manure, as well as dressing of Rootgrow mcycorrhizal fungi..

Place the tree in the hole and back fill with soil. Firm in to place. Stake in the direction of the prevailing wind. Keep well watered in dry weather, mulch and top dress with a general-purpose fertiliser in spring.

Container grown plants should be fed fortnightly from early spring with a liquid feed. Quinces are pruned in winter.

Spacing Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold quince trees:

Freestanding bushes: 12-18 feet (4-6 metres) between trees and rows.
Freestanding half-standards: 18-30 feet (6-10 metres) between trees and rows.
In general, allow 1 more metre between rows than there is between each tree in the row.

Watch our video on how to plant a fruit tree for full instructions on planting a bush or half-standard sized tree.

If you are growing a maiden sized fruit tree into a freestanding tree, a bamboo cane is enough support.
If you are growing a cordon or espalier, you will need to install training wires to support them.
Remember to water establishing fruit trees during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Fruit Tree Planting Accessories:

For bush and half standard fruit trees, our tree planting pack includes a wooden stake & rubber tie to support the tree and a biodegradable mulch mat with pegs, which protects the soil at the base of your tree from drying out and stops weeds from sprouting.

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Delivery: The basic delivery charge for orders of bareroot plants is £6.50 + vat, which increases to £12.55 + vat if you add any pot-grown plants, standard trees or fruit trees to the order.
Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Self fertile
Fruiting	Late Season
Type	Cooking, Eating
Also Good	Autumn Colour, Fragrant

	NUMBER OF PLANTS
SIZES	1-2	3-9	10-24	25+
MAIDEN	Plenty of Stock£18.95	Plenty of Stock£17.95	Plenty of Stock£16.95	Plenty of Stock£15.95
BUSH	Plenty of Stock£26.95	Plenty of Stock£25.95	Plenty of Stock£24.95	Plenty of Stock£22.95
1/2 std	Plenty of Stock£27.95	Plenty of Stock£26.95	Plenty of Stock£25.95	Plenty of Stock£23.95

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About Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold

Characteristics of Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold:

Great for your garden:

Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold Trivia

How to plant Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold trees:

Spacing Cydonia oblonga Serbian Gold quince trees:

Fruit Tree Planting Accessories: