Highbush Cranberry vs Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae)

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

Thuja occidentalis

Highbush Cranberry
Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae)

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.

Eastern White Cedar is a slender growing conifer often used as a decorative tree or a hedge. This tree is an effective privacy screen even in winter and a great long term solution to urban crowding or a drab yard.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Eastern White Cedar (Arborvitae) Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 2b
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Bark: gray to reddish brown, flat connected ridges
Flowers: white clusters
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)
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Native to: MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: american arborvitae, eastern arborvitae, northern white cedar