Highbush Cranberry vs Winterberry - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

Viburnum trilobum

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Winterberry
Highbush Cranberry

Winterberry is a small shrub that produces large quantities of bright red berries that remain on the plant through the fall and into the winter. Adding this shrub to your yard will give it a unique splash of color and attract birds, especially after the leaves drop.

Note: although the foliage is attractive on its own, you need at least one male plant near your female plants or they won't produce berries.

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.

Winterberry Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright orange to red
Berries: bright red, stays through winter
Berries: edible red berries
Flowers: white clusters
Growth rate: slow
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: black alder, canada holly, coralberry, fever bush, michigan holly, winterberry holly
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna