Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) vs Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum

Hippophae rhamnoides l.

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Highbush Cranberry
Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry)

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.

Sea Buckthorn, aka Seaberry, is a nitrogen fixing shrub that produces attractive berries high in vitamin C.

While we can't confirm claims that the berries are effective in treating various ailments, many people believe consuming the berries helps with arthritis, infections, and asthma, among other things.

Sea Buckthorn plants have attractive pale silvery-green leaves, dense branches, and large thorns, people like to grow in ornamental hedges or as a first row in a shelterbelt.

Note: these plants typically reach maturity and make their sex easily known (females producing fruit) in their 3rd or 4th year of growth. Our seedlings are too young to identify their sex.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Sea Buckthorn (Seaberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2b
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: edible red berries
Berries: small, edible
Flowers: white clusters
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: high

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)

In row spacing: 0.9 - 1.2 m (3 - 4 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: sallowthorn, sandthorn, seaberry