Highbush Cranberry vs Meadowsweet - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Meadowsweet

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (Viburnum trilobum)

Filipendula ulmaria

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Highbush Cranberry
Meadowsweet

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.

Meadowsweet gets its name from its sweet fragrance from the creamy white flowers. It is a large upright herbaceous perennial shrub. They bloom in early summer, and with the right conditions may remain throughout the season.

Take care of where you’re planting Meadowsweet as it is known to spread.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Meadowsweet Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Flowers: white clusters
Flowers: white
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, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: bride wort, mead wort