Flowering Quince

Okay I am freaking out a tad. We just moved into our home a little over a year ago. We found this plant growing underneath a crepe myrtle in the front flower bed. It looked awful so we decided to transplant it to the back corner. We had no clue what it was at the time, I am ashamed to say that it was before I was a member of DG. Anyhow when we got it all up we found a little tag down around one of the roots that said Flowering Quince, Texas Scarlet. So it is in the back corner of our yard and it has really enjoyed its new home. It never stops flowering. The problem is I just looked it up in the plantfiles and saw how big it is suppose to get. Does it really grow 5-8 feet tall?? If so my hubby is going to shoot me when he realizes we need to relocate it once again. We thought that it was a low ground cover kinda plant. It hasn't grown up, but out. Just needed some advice from any other Quince growers. In fact I don't even know that a quince is. Help me!!

Here is a closeup!

Not familair with cultivar, but the regular quince is a small bush. Usually around five feet, never saw one get much taller. but is good ground could get bigger. Depending on how old your plant was when you transplanted it will have some bearing on its ultimate height. If it became stunted it will never attain its normal height. I would relax, particularly if if you can stand a three or four foot plant, and see what it will do, before I made another move.

Kauai,
Hi there! Searched on Google for you (best friend!) This has some info on the texas scarlet flowering quince, which it says gets to be about 3-4' wide and 3-4' tall. If it gets too big, you can always trim it back. Have fun, Suzi :)

http://www.naturehills.com/new/product/shrubs_productdetails.aspx?proname=Quince+-+Texas+Scarlet+Flowering

Thanks Suzi!! We have decided to leave it where it is at the moment. It doesn't seem to be growing that quickly and like you said we can always cut it back if it gets out of control. We also found out that is helps pollinate pear trees which is good because we just planted an Asian pear tree not too far away.