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Variegated Dogwood vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum JN Select

Cornus alba argenteo-marginata

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Redwing Highbush Cranberry
Variegated Dogwood

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.

Variegated Dogwood is a small shrub that is often used in the first row of a shelterbelt, as a hedge, or for soil stabilization projects. It has the same distinctive red bark, white flowers, and berries as Red Osier Dogwood.

The key difference between the two is the leaves. Where Red Osier's leaves are green throughout, Variegated Dogwood has a white outline around each leaf, giving this shrub a distinctive look.

Redwing Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Variegated Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Foliage: red tips on leaves
Foliage: variegated white edges
Fall colour: red/orange
Flowers: white, pinwheel shaped
Berries: small, red
Flavor: sour
Harvest: late August-February
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: tatarian dogwood