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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

Viburnum trilobum JN Select

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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry
Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

The Redwing Highbush Cranberry is a dense multi-stemmed shrub that blooms with white pinwheel shaped flowers in spring. It produces small, red, and edible berries in late summer. Its leaves are green, but the tips become more saturated with red throughout the season, and then turn a stunning crimson colour in the fall.

The Redwing Highbush Cranberry makes a good addition to any urban garden or hedge, and its berries are commonly used to liven up preserves with their tart flavor.

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry Quick Facts

Redwing Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Foliage: red tips on leaves
Fall colour: yellow
Fall colour: red/orange
Flowers: white, pinwheel shaped
Berries: red-pink berries
Berries: small, red
Flavor: sour
Harvest: mid to late July
Harvest: late August-February
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no