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Showy Mountain Ash vs Flowering Raspberry

Sorbus decora

Rubus odoratus

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Showy Mountain Ash
Flowering Raspberry

Showy Mountain Ash is a hardy accent tree. It features pretty clusters of white flowers in spring followed by bright scarlet berries lasting into winter.

Great for small landscapes, Showy Mountain Ash is adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and it is suitable for average home landscape conditions.

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.

Showy Mountain Ash Quick Facts

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 12 m (40 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: high


Fall colour: reddish-orange
Bark: thornless orange
Flowers: white, showy clusters
Flowers: purple
Berries: redberries in bunches
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL
Native to: ON, QC, NS
Other Names: dogberry
Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry