Indian
Hawthorne plants are evergreen and should not be losing their foliage--ever,
unless they are dying. I think you have a flowering quince -- commonly called
'japonica', but actually it is Chaenomeles speciosa -- or possibly C. japonica.
They are deciduous plants which bloom very early in the spring with pink, red,
salmon or white flowers. They form a yellowish green fruit attached to the
stem. While it is not the quince of trade, it is edible. The quality is not
good for fresh eating, but supposedly it is high in pectin and makes great
jams or jellies. These plants typically grow early in the spring, and often
begin to decline in August or early September. This years milder conditions
and rainfall, have kept them looking more attractive.
(September)
I have an Indian Hawthorne (japonica?). It loses its leaves every summer,
although they have stayed on longer this summer than usual. It is now starting
to shed leaves, and it has "fruit" on it that looks like an apple. Do you know
what these are? Are they seed pods? They are about the size of a large lemon.