Wild Strawberry vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Wild Strawberry vs Redwing Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum trilobum JN Select

Fragaria virginiana

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Redwing Highbush Cranberry
Wild Strawberry

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.

Often called the Woodland Strawberry, the Wild Strawberry produces a sweet, edible red berry all throughout the later spring and summer. This compact, stemless plant spreads mostly through the means of runners, and grows quickly.

Flowers and fruit of the Wild Strawberry are usually present simultaneously throughout the summer. This variety is native to North America, which gives it its name.

Redwing Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Wild Strawberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Spread: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


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


Other Names: common strawberry, mountain strawberry, virginia strawberry