Chaenomeles are deciduous, usually spiny shrubs with simple leaves and cup-shaped, 5-petalled flowers, solitary or clustered, in spring, followed by edible often fragrant green or yellow fruits
'Moerloosei' is a medium-sized deciduous shrub, spreading in habit, with glossy, ovate leaves 4-9cm in length. Flowers 3.5cm in width, white, tinged with deep pink, followed by apple-shaped, greenish-yellow fruit 5cm across, fragrant when ripe