Western Mountain Ash vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Western Mountain Ash vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Sorbus scopulina

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Flowering Raspberry
Western Mountain Ash

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.

Western Mountain Ash is a popular ornamental tree native to the western part of North America. Its attractive, white clusters of flowers bloom in early summer, making way for red, yellow or orange fruit in the fall. If the fruit doesn't catch your eye, Western Mountain Ash's autumn colours will capture your–and the birds's–attention.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Western Mountain Ash Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Light: any
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none
Maintenance: high


Bark: thornless orange
Flowers: purple
Flowers: white
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Berries: bunches of orange-red berries appear in late summer
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, YT, NT
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry
Other Names: cascade mountain ash, greene mountain ash