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Viburnum edule - Highbush Cranberry - Adoxaceae (The Viburnum family)
Viburnum edule - Highbush Cranberry - Viburnum edule, the highbush cranberry, offers tart red berries that make delicious jellies and pies.
Viburnum edule - Viburnum edule, the highbush cranberry, offers tart red berries that make delicious jellies and pies.
 
9cm
Price: $8.99
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Flower Colour: White/Cream

Stock Status:(Out of Stock)

Availability: Most main catalogue plants ready May 15 to June 30. 
Product Code: 12977
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Description Fine Print
 
Viburnum edule is known as highbush cranberry, squashberry or mooseberry. It is native to much of Canada and the northern US including BC. The tall, upright stems have attractive, textured, maple- or grape-like, lobed, deciduous leaves and are tipped by clusters of white flowers that are followed by tart red or orange berries. They can be eaten fresh or used to make great jellies and pies! The fruit are also popular with birds and other wildlife. This plant has a long history of First Nations use.
Details
  • Class: Deciduous
  • Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
  • Flowering Time: Spring - Summer
  • Fragrant: No
  • Foliage Colour: Green, Good Fall Colour
  • Deer Resistant: Unknown
  • Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
  • Habitat: Wet to moist streambanks, swamps, and forests from sea level into the steppe and montane zones from BC and Alaska across much of Canada and into the northern US states.
  • Geographical Origin: Americas - North America
  • BC Native: No


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