Synonyms : Chaenomeles vedrariensis
This cross between C. speciosa and C. cathayensis was first made in the Vilmorin nurseries in 1921. Later a hybrid of the same parentage arose spontaneously in the nursery of W. B. Clarke of San Jose, California, and was put into commerce as ‘Mount Everest’.
All are heavily armed shrubs reaching to about 8 ft high, with long, sharply toothed leaves and white flowers, flushed with pink.