United Kingdom

A couple of years ago in the summer the leaves on my flowering quice went all brown and shrivelled and died out. I cut the dead branches away leaving a couple of new shoots that had green leaves. These eventually grew and I was able to train it throuh the railings in the front of my house again. Then this year, exactly the same thing has happened the majority of the branches have died leaving a new green shoot. Does anyone know why this might be happening? I thought it might have been because I didn't water it enough when it was hot, but have read that they are good at withstanding drought.

On plant Chaenomeles japonica

• 31 Aug, 2008