Highbush Cranberry vs Wild Strawberry - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Viburnum opulus var. americanum (trilobum)

Wild Strawberry
Highbush Cranberry

Often called the Woodland Strawberry, the Wild Strawberry produces a sweet, edible red berry all throughout the later spring and summer. This compact, stemless plant spreads mostly through the means of runners, and grows quickly.

Flowers and fruit of the Wild Strawberry are usually present simultaneously throughout the summer. This variety is native to North America, which gives it its name.

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.

Wild Strawberry Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: red to purple
Flowers: white
Flowers: white clusters
Fruit: small
Berries: sweet
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, YT, NT, NU, PE
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: common strawberry, mountain strawberry, virginia strawberry
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna