Highbush Cranberry

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

Highbush Cranberry is a native multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a dense round-spreading habit.  Its 3-lobed dark green maple-like foliage turns an attractive purple-red in fall. Large flat-topped clusters of white flowers bloom in spring and are followed by drooping clusters of bright red cranberry like drupes.   Flowers best in consistently moist well-drained soils.  Syn. with Viburnum trilobum.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Prune immediately as needed after flowering.  Watch for aphids.  Some susceptibility to stem blight, leaf spot, and powdery mildew.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Privacy Screen, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Hydrangea, Sweetspire, Magnolia

IMAGES: Famartin, 2019-05-12 17 14 59 American Cranberrybush Viburnum blossoms along a walking path in the Franklin Glen section of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by F. D. Richards, Viburnum opulus var. americanum 7/2021 American High Bush cranberry-, (3) Salicyna, Viburnum opulus var. americanum 2017-05-23 0564, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Ryan Hodnett, Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) - Thunder Bay, Ontario 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Kaz Andrew from Edmonton,Alberta, Canada, A High Bush Cranberry (1) (5025967716), CC BY-SA 2.0, (6) Photo by manuel m. v, VIburnum trilobum

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.