Highbush Cranberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)

Amelanchier alnifolia Honeywood

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

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Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry)
Highbush Cranberry

Honeywood Saskatoon, also known as Serviceberries, is excellent at producing an abundance of blue-coloured berries in mid-summer and has dark green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. It is quite large making it a perfect shrub in your backyard garden. Often grown for its edible qualities, the Honeywood Saskatoon is quite ornamental with stunning white blooms in the spring.

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.

Honeywood Saskatoon (Serviceberry) Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 5 m (15 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: white clusters
Berries: produces large edible berries
Berries: edible red berries
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, YT, NT
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: honeywood juneberry, honeywood service berry
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna