Red Osier Dogwood vs Highbush Cranberry - TreeTime.ca

Red Osier Dogwood vs Highbush Cranberry

Cornus sericea

Viburnum trilobum

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Red Osier Dogwood
Highbush Cranberry

Red Osier Dogwood is a small deciduous shrub that features deep red stems and twigs year-round, with creamy white flowers in the spring. This shrub will add a nice pop of color to your yard.

Red Osier Dogwood is an excellent soil stabilizer. It is fast growing and becomes drought tolerant once well established.

Highbush Cranberry produces attractive white flowers in late June and bears edible fruit that matures to a bright red colour in the late summer.

This shrub, native to much of Canada, is fast growing, and its fruit can be eaten raw or cooked into a sauce.

Red Osier Dogwood Quick Facts

Highbush Cranberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 2.7 m (9 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Fall colour: dark red
Bark: dark red, showy
Flowers: white
Flowers: white clusters
Berries: white waxy
Berries: edible red berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 0.9 m (3 ft)

In row spacing: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: american dogwood, california dogwood, creek dogwood, dogberry tree, red dogwood, red twig dogwood, redosier dogwood, redstem dogwood, western dogwood
Other Names: american cranberrybush, american cranberrybush viburnum, high bush cranberry, kalyna