Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Flowering Raspberry

Elaeagnus commutata

Rubus odoratus

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Silverberry (Wolf Willow)
Flowering Raspberry

Silverberry (also known as Wolf Willow) is a common native North American shrub. This beautiful ornamental plant has characteristic silver leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.

Its silver berries remain on the branches through the winter. Silverberry is cold hardy and has some ability as a nitrogen fixer. It can grow on dry to moist sandy/gravel soils. This plant is very low maintenance.

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.

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 1a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: silver, edible
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: yellow
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: high




Other Names: american silverberry, silver berry, wolf willow
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry