Gardeners come hither....

[CaraGreenleaf]

No blossoms that I've seen, but all of my research has led to quince or kumquat, so I think you may be right, Merlin! Many thanks!!

[Merlin the Elder]

If it's bearing fruit, which it appears to be doing, I don't know of anything that has fruit that doesn't start from a blossom.  We had japonica in the yard when I was growing up. At it's largest, before my dad chopped it down (and it came back), it was probably 7 ft tall, and maybe had a diameter of 6-8 feet. When it blossomed in the Spring, it was pretty spectacular.  The fruit on the mature specimen were between 2-3 inches diameter, as I recall, and could be used as weapons if you had a good arm and aim! That was a lot of years ago.

[CaraGreenleaf]

The plant itself is buried in a yew bush...and has actually been killing it. I only just noticed it about a week ago, so it may have bloomed and i just didn't see. the fruit cluster has about 7 fruits on it right now. My husband actually said he tried to kill it last year, but obviously failed, so who knows how long its actually been there.

[Merlin the Elder]

Hehe! They are rather hard to kill! Pappy cut it off flush with the ground, and it just made it come back bigger!