Common Snowberry vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Common Snowberry vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Symphoricarpos albus

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

SOLD OUT

Flowering Raspberry
Common Snowberry

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Common Snowberry is a small deciduous shrub with characteristic white to pink flowers and clusters of white fruit.

This North American native species is very adaptable, and can be used for erosion control in riparian and restoration areas. Snowberry's fruit attracts wildlife, and livestock can consume the berries without issue.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Common Snowberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Berries: white waxy berries
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Flowers: pink to white flowers in spring
Bark: thornless orange
Bark: red-brown shredded bark
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: high
Suckering: none




Toxicity: berries toxic to humans
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry
Other Names: common snowberry