Highbush Cranberry vs Black Hawthorn - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Black Hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii

Viburnum trilobum

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Black Hawthorn
Highbush Cranberry

Black Hawthorn is a versatile plant that is native to wetlands and other areas with moist soils, but can also tolerate dry soils. This plant can be grown as a short shrub, or a tree reaching 30 feet tall.

Black Hawthorn is valued for erosion control and attracting pollinators. It also makes an attractive flowering ornamental that can be planted as a specimen or pruned as a hedge. It is commonly used in shelterbelts.

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.

Black Hawthorn Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 8 m (25 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: yellow to red
Berries: purplish-black pomes
Berries: edible red berries
Flowers: white
Flowers: white clusters
Bark: brown to gray
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


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


Other Names: crataegus columbiana, douglas hawthorn, douglas' thornapple
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna