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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry vs White Meadowsweet

Viburnum trilobum Wentworth

Spiraea alba

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Wentworth Highbush Cranberry
White Meadowsweet

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.

White Meadowsweet is a woody, deciduous shrub that begins to bloom in early summer with small white and pink flowers. Its foliage turns from a light green into an attractive golden-yellow later in the fall.

The White Meadowsweet, also known as Mead-Wort or Bride-Wort, is favored by birds and butterflies but is largely ignored by deer. They produce small brown berries in the summer, and while they are technically edible, they are not sweet and are more desired by wildlife.

Wentworth Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: brilliant red
Fall colour: golden yellow
Berries: 12mm, edible red berries
Flowers: white, small
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: high




Other Names: wentworth redwing cranberry
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem