Blue Beech vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Blue Beech vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Carpinus caroliniana

Viburnum trilobum JN Select

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Blue Beech
Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Blue Beech is a beautiful, ornamental tree with enticing features. The foliage transforms throughout the season, offering a kaleidoscope of color. New leaves emerge reddish-purple, transforming to dark green, and then turn striking shades of yellow, orange, and red in fall. Once all the foliage has dropped, grooved, blue-grey bark becomes striking on a winter landscape.

Blue Beech has an attractive globular shape and has been successfully grown in both full shade and full sun locations. Make sure you provide ample moisture to ensure this tree thrives.

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.

Blue Beech Quick Facts

Redwing Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 2a
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: no
Fall colour: red/orange
Berries: small, red
Flavor: sour
Harvest: late August-February
Flowers: white, pinwheel shaped
Nuts: Small nuts with earthy, sweet taste
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: low