Highbush Cranberry vs Mock Orange - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Mock Orange

Viburnum trilobum

Philadelphus coronarius

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Highbush Cranberry
Mock Orange

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.

Mock Orange is an ornamental shrub known for its fragrant, white flowers. The scent is often described as orange-like with a hint of jasmine. Attractive to pollinators, hummingbirds, and humans alike.

Mock Orange is highly versatile, and can be used as an ornamental shrub, either alone or as a hedge. It is well suited for streambank stabilization and riparian zone restoration, due to its ability to grow in low, moist areas as well as those that are high and dry. Lewis Mock Orange also has the capability of being used in soil bioengineering projects such as live staking.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Mock Orange Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 4a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 3 m (11 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 3 m (11 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: white clusters
Flowers: large, white
Berries: edible red berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: english dogwood