Highbush Cranberry vs Northern Gooseberry - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Northern Gooseberry

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

Ribes oxyacanthoides

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Highbush Cranberry
Northern Gooseberry

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.

Northern Gooseberry is a small, ornamental quality native shrub with prickly stems. You can plant it anywhere you'd plant Prickly Rose or Common Wild Rose, such as your yard.

Most people find Northern Gooseberry berries a bit tart for significant fresh eating but they are good for baking, wine or jam.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Northern Gooseberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 1a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


Flowers: white clusters
Berries: edible red berries
Berries: purple or purplish black
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: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NL, YT, NT
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: canada gooseberry, canadian gooseberry