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American Mountain Ash vs White Meadowsweet

Sorbus americana

Spiraea alba

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American Mountain Ash
White Meadowsweet

American Mountain ash is a beautiful, medium-sized ornamental tree that is ideal for residential lots. Mountain Ash blooms with tiny white flowers in the spring, followed by clusters of small red/orange berries in the summer.

American Mountain Ash's berries stay on the tree throughout the winter. This attracts birds and other small wildlife to your landscape as the berries are an important food source during the winter months.

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.

American Mountain Ash Quick Facts

White Meadowsweet Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 10 m (32 ft)
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: high


Fall colour: scarlet red
Fall colour: golden yellow
Flowers: white clusters, spring
Flowers: white, small
Berries: bunches of orange-red
Seeds: seeds contained within the berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Native to: AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, PE
Other Names: dogberry
Other Names: mead wort, meadowsweet, narrowleaf meadowsweet, pale bridewort, pipestem