On a trip to Tilghmans Island/Maryland in the beginning of June, I noticed a brightly orange flowering shrub approximately 8 feet tall. I would like to know the name of the shrub and where to purchase one. The closest I can come to identifying the shrub is maybe an Orange Storm Double Quince. The Quince that I am familiar with usually grows to 4 feet and has thorns, this shrub has none. Will this shrub hold its leaves throughout the year? See attached picture.
When you keep clicking to enlarge you can just make out it is in fact a Punica. Leaves and flowers of Chaenomeles are quite different, actually.
I had to take pictures from outside the yard. This is the best I can do. If you look at the shadow cast by the leaves against the house it somewhat defines the outline. If the plant is a Punica can you tell me what varity. Do you think it is a fruit bearing or a flowering varity.
I have the impression many, if not most pomegranates produce both - under suitable conditions. But if by "fruiting" you mean a kind selected specifically to produce fruits of extra large size or otherwise superior for table use I suspect this is probably not one of them - it looks like the flowers may even be doubled. This seems to be the most common version, perhaps a much-propagated single cultivar.
