Canada Yew
Taxus canadensis Shrub Zones 2–7 3–6 ft
Shares rich moist slopes, stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
A native we do not grow
American Cranberrybush
Viburnum opulus var. americanum. Shrub, 6 to 16 feet, zones 2 to 7; full sun, part shade or shade; average or wet ground.
We do not grow American cranberrybush, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Highbush cranberry, American highbush cranberry, American cranberrybush viburnum, cranberry viburnum, crampbark, Viburnum trilobum |
|---|---|
| Form | Shrub |
| Height, feet | 6 to 16 |
| Spread, feet | Up to 12 |
| Zones | 2 to 7 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Average or wet ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Showy flowers, fall color, wildlife value, edible, bears young, hedge or screen, salt tolerant, winter interest, erosion control |
| Flowers | May to July |
| Fruit | Drupes, August to May |
| First crop | 3 to 5 years (about 5 by the University of Maine) |
| Pollination | Not known whether one bears alone |
| Planting season | Fall or spring. Its one source speaks of moving an established shrub, prepared in spring and moved that fall or the following spring. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | Rich moist slopes, stream banks, swamps and wet flats |
| Native in | 23 states |
American cranberrybush is native in 23 states: Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from Silvics of North America and NatureServe Explorer. The USDA PLANTS Database also records it growing wild beyond that range in Kentucky, Nebraska and New Mexico, where it is naturalized, not native.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its height How a big one scores by the champion-tree formula
For the same ground, we grow
These shrubs we grow share the most of American cranberrybush's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Wild Black Currant
Ribes americanum Shrub Zones 3–7 3–6 ft
Shares rich moist slopes, stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides Shrub Zones 4–9 3–6 ft
Shares rich moist slopes, stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea Shrub Zones 2–7 6–12 ft
Shares stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Squashberry
Viburnum edule Shrub Zones 2–8 2–7 ft
Shares stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum Shrub Zones 2–8 5–10 ft
Shares rich moist slopes and stream banks in the wild.
Read from
Its figures come from NC State Extension, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Morton Arboretum, the Wildflower Center, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the University of Connecticut's plant database, the University of Maine's extension, the USDA PLANTS Database and Cornell University.