Highbush Cranberry vs Alpine Currant - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Alpine Currant

Ribes alpinum

Viburnum trilobum

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Alpine Currant
Highbush Cranberry

Alpine Currant is a great shrub to plant along sidewalks, near building or at your property boundary as a hedge or accent species. It is widely used by commercial landscapers in parking lots and near buildings because of its hardiness, attractiveness, and pollution tolerance.

While Alpine Currant produces edible berries, they are not palatable.

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.

Alpine Currant Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: small, bright red
Berries: edible red berries
Flowers: greenish yellow and fragrant
Flowers: white clusters
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: mountain currant
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna