Highbush Cranberry vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Viburnum trilobum

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Flowering Raspberry
Highbush Cranberry

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

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.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 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: red to purple, seedy
Berries: edible red berries
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Flowers: white clusters
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none


In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)


Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna