Beaked Hazelnut vs Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Beaked Hazelnut vs Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum

Corylus cornuta

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Highbush Cranberry
Beaked Hazelnut

Highbush Cranberry produces attractive white flowers in late June and bears edible fruit that matures to a bright red colour in the late summer.

This shrub, native to much of Canada, is fast growing, and its fruit can be eaten raw or cooked into a sauce.

Beaked Hazelnut is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub native to North America.

It features smooth, grey bark and edible nuts. Beaked Hazelnut prefers a rich sandy-clay loam but will grow on poorer sites, and can be used as an understory shrub.

Note: You want more than one hazelnut to improve yields.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Beaked Hazelnut Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Flowers: white clusters
Berries: edible red berries
Nuts: small, wildlife attracting
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: beaked hazel