Starting in early spring with a gorgeous display of flowers on bare stems followed by glossy leaves and later by round aromatic golden45yellow fruits in autumn the flowering quince is a good choice for interest through the year chaenomeles x superba 39jet trail39 has simple gleaming white flowers and is attractive to pollinating insects it makes a great wall shrub and can also be used as low growing ground cover with its spiny stems it is great for deterring intruders height 10