Highbush Cranberry vs Jahns Prairie Gooseberry - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Jahns Prairie Gooseberry

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry
Highbush Cranberry

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

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.

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Fall colour: yellow
Flowers: white clusters
Berries: red-pink berries
Berries: edible red berries
Harvest: mid to late July
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
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna