Highbush Cranberry vs Hedge Rose - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Hedge Rose

Rosa rugosa x Rosa woodsii (Improved hybrid developed by PFRA)

Viburnum trilobum

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Hedge Rose
Highbush Cranberry

Hedge Rose is a long-lived, fast-growing shrub. It bears similar flowers to the Alberta Wild Rose. Birds will love its deep red rose hips. Hedge Rose will thrive in a wide variety of soils and is a tall rose forming a useful hedge.

Excellent for shelterbelts, ecobuffers, and wildlife habitat plantings. Continuous flowering makes it attractive to pollinators. Many song and game birds utilize this tree for food and habitat.

In use since the early 1900s, this hybrid was originally developed at the PFRA's Indian Head Agroforestry Center.

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.

Hedge Rose Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none


Flowers: pink or crimson
Flowers: white clusters
Fruit: red hips
Berries: edible red berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 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