General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Red
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • American Cranberry Bush
  • Crampbark Tree
  • Wild Gueldes-Rose
  • Gueldres-Rose
  • Dog Rowan Tree
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viburnum trilobum
  • Synonym: Viburnum opulus var. americanum

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Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-05-14
Location: In my garden 
Date: 10/03/2011

Date: 10/03/2011
Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-11
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 3, 2011 10:14 PM concerning plant:
    Give this shrub plenty of room because it can grow really big. I don't know why they are often called highbush cranberry as they don't look like cranberries to me. Shiny red fruit in the fall which is eaten by the backyard songbirds over the winter.

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How lovely this plant is! by chelle Oct 4, 2011 12:44 PM 2

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