Maybe quince. My MIL had one. You might get some fruit from it.

It does look like quince. They're tough as can be, as I recall, but it's been years since I had one.

My first thought was quince also... but isn't it a bit late for bloom now? I could easily be wrong, not having much experience with them, but I doubted my first instinct because of the bloom time.

Dee

Right again. Did some searching on the quince, and it has to be a quince after seeing the leaf pictured at this site listed below. If we could rehabilitate this one it would be very pretty. Time for some relocating, compost, and pruning!

Thank you! I don't know anything about quince, and would have never known what it was on my own!

Here is a link that might be useful: Quince leaf structure

I will also say that I can't find any thorns on my quince. I know there are thornless varieties, but my brief internet searching gave me the impression they are very new varieties, newer than this shrub would be.

None of my quince bushes have thorns.

Good--that makes me feel better!

I have one that is 12 or so years old that doesn't grow much taller than 4 or 5 feet, but the really old-fashioned type can grow to 15 or so without pruning. Even my "smaller" one has gotten to be at least 10 feet wide. The shape of yours looks like mine, and the house I grew up in had an orange flowering quince that never got bigger that about 3x3 so I think yours will be one of the shorter ones.

nhbabs, I agree mine has to be smaller. I wonder if it's 'Texas Scarlet,' but only assuming it is a "newer" variety as it would have been planted about 10 years ago. The previous owner could have gotten it from old stock, who knows. But, I'm sure it's small, too. Does your smaller one have thorns? Internet searches all say they should have thorns, too.

Diggerdee, I'm almost in zone 4, and many people around here plant for zone 4. We're probably much much later than you! My forsythia just finished blooming and the creeping phlox has just finished peak. Still spring blooming here!

I pruned the quince quite a bit today. Cut out many dead canes, cut back existing canes. The workers should already have been here, but I'm glad they're late as it gives me time to prepare. Now to figure out where to put it, especially if it can get big! I'm hoping pruning will help it transition better as it will have less plant to try to maintain.

See I love GW... I am to un smart to get the camera and post a pic.but I have been wondering what that shrub in MY yard was...and now I know.. LOL Thanks Gang
of course now I need to know.. Should I propagate it for the plant sale?
I am doing an endless summer type pink hydranga, a Nikko blue and a lime light. And Brides bush spirea