Highbush Cranberry vs Labrador Tea - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Labrador Tea

Viburnum trilobum

Rhododendron groenlandicum (Ledum groenlandicum)

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Highbush Cranberry
Labrador Tea

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.

Labrador Tea is slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the boreal forests of Canada.

It thrives in wet, swampy conditions.

Labrador Tea has narrow, leathery, dark green leaves, topped by a cluster of white flowers in the spring. It is a perfect ornamental shrub for boggy, wet areas of your property.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Labrador Tea Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 1a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: rust orange
Berries: edible red berries
Flowers: white clusters
Flowers: white, fragrant
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Toxicity: slightly toxic if ingested
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna