Highbush Cranberry vs Witch Hazel - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Witch Hazel

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

Hamamelis virginiana

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Highbush Cranberry
Witch Hazel

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.

Witch Hazel is a deciduous shrub, or small tree, with a short trunk, bearing numerous spreading, crooked branches.

The seeds grow in a long, wooden pod with two to four seeds per pod. Upon ripening, the pods burst, firing the seeds up to 30km an hour.

The leaf and bark extract of Witch Hazel has been used as a remedy to common ailments such as inflammation, bruises and much more for many centuries.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Witch Hazel Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium


Flowers: white clusters
Berries: edible red berries
Seeds: seeds ejected to a distance of up to 30 ft
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: ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna