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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry vs Flowering Raspberry

Viburnum trilobum Wentworth

Rubus odoratus

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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry
Flowering Raspberry

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.

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.

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: brilliant red
Berries: 12mm, edible red berries
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: high




Other Names: wentworth redwing cranberry
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry