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Silverberry (Wolf Willow) vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Elaeagnus commutata

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Flowering Raspberry
Silverberry (Wolf Willow)

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 (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.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Silverberry (Wolf Willow) Quick Facts

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




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