• Red American highbush cranberry berries with autumn foliage
  • Representative highbush cranberry growing or flowering in a garden
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Highbush Cranberry

Highbush Cranberry

Cultivar & Origin

Highbush cranberry is offered as seed-grown species stock. We identify this stock as Viburnum trilobum.

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Pourquoi nous le cultivons

Highbush cranberry has a long history as an Indigenous food plant across its North American range. Its tart fruit adds another preserving crop to a moist hedge, while flowers, cover and persistent berries support wildlife. It can take a useful place in the shrub layer of successional agroforestry.

Comment pousse la plante

An upright, multi-stemmed shrub. Renew it by removing some older stems after establishment, keeping young productive wood.

Taille de la plante

Taille à maturité about 8–12 ft tall and wide.

Taille actuelle

Informations complémentaires

We identify this stock as Viburnum trilobum, also commonly treated as V. opulus var. americanum. It is distinct from European cranberrybush, despite the similar names.

American highbush cranberry is a shrub of moist edges and developing woodland. It contributes cover, flowers and persistent fruit as a planting grows through succession. Indigenous peoples across its native range have used the fruit as food and parts of the plant in traditional preparations. It suits mixed hedges and wildlife plantings.
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  • Red American highbush cranberry berries with autumn foliage
  • Representative highbush cranberry growing or flowering in a garden

Points forts de la plante

  • Eau

    Moderate to moist; avoid prolonged drought during establishment.

  • Pollinisation

    Plant another American highbush cranberry nearby for better fruit production. Choose a different variety or another seedling; seedlings differ even when grown from the same parent tree.

  • Sol

    Moist, reasonably fertile soil with drainage.

  • Des années à supporter

    Often 3–5 years, varying with stock and conditions.

  • Rusticité

    Usually USDA zones 2–7.

  • Solaire

    Sun to partial shade; more sun generally improves fruiting.