Highbush Cranberry vs Missouri Goldenrod - TreeTime.ca

Highbush Cranberry vs Missouri Goldenrod

Viburnum trilobum

Solidago missouriensis

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Highbush Cranberry
Missouri Goldenrod

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.

Missouri Goldenrod is a native perennial wildflower known for its brilliant golden yellow flowers that bloom from late summer to early fall. The flower heads contain hundreds of tiny blossoms that attract a wide variety of pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. Fully opened flowers can also be used to make tea. As the season progresses, the flowers give way to fluffy seed heads, providing food for birds.

It can spread readily through its roots and self-seeding, this make Missouri Goldenrod well suited for hard-to-grow areas. This vigorous growth habit makes it an excellent choice for large planting areas, wildflower gardens, naturalized projects, prairie restoration, and erosion control.

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Missouri Goldenrod Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: very fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: white clusters
Flowers: clusters of small yellow flowers
Bloom time: mid summer to early fall
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
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna
Other Names: low goldenrod, prairie goldenrod