Highbush Cranberry vs Snowball Viburnum - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Snowball Viburnum

Viburnum opulus roseum

Viburnum trilobum

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Snowball Viburnum
Highbush Cranberry

Snowball Viburnum is a popular ornamental shrub with prolific flowering. This plant is prized for its round clusters of white flowers that resemble snowballs, delighting children and adults. In fall, its leaves turn vibrant shades of red.

Snowball Viburnum is sought after as a single accent shrub, but can also make a dense hedge or privacy screen.

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.

Snowball Viburnum Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: purplish-red
Berries: edible red berries
Flowers: white
Flowers: white clusters
Bark: gold to gray
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none


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


Other Names: european cranberrybush, guelder rose, snowball bush, snowball tree
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna