Thimbleberry vs Wentworth Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Thimbleberry vs Wentworth Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum Wentworth

Rubus parviflorus

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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry
Thimbleberry

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry is an ample producer that will make you think of the perfect cranberry sauce when you see it. Its huge fruit is delectable in jellies and sauces. In the spring it bears clusters of white flowers, contrasted against green vegetation that turns a rich red in the fall. Magnificent in garden borders or mass planting, you’ll appreciate your cranberry on your table and in your yard.

Thimbleberry is an ornamental shrub with large, green maple-like-leaves. Flowers are attractive, fragrant, and turn into red-raspberry-like berries. The berries are good for jams, cakes, breads, muffins etc. If you remove the berry, the core resembles a thimble, giving this shrub its namesake.

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 4a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: brilliant red
Fall colour: gold
Berries: 12mm, edible red berries
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Flowers: white, showy
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none




Other Names: wentworth redwing cranberry
Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry