Selected at the Main Botanic Garden in Kiev, Ukraine, this superior variety produces abundant crops of large, high quality fruit, accented by colorful fall foliage.

Latin Name: Viburnum opulus

Size at Maturity: 8-10 ft.

Pollination: Highbush Cranberry is self-fertile.

Pests & Diseases: Highbush Cranberry is not bothered by pests or diseases.

Hardiness: Highbush Cranberry is hardy to minus 30°F.

Bearing Age: 2nd year after planting

Bloom Time: April

Ripening Time: September

Yield: 20+ lbs.

Culinary Uses: Highbush Cranberry fruit is bitter until after frost and is used to make jam, jelly, juice and in candy and baked goods.

Nutritional Info: In herbal medicine, a tea made from the flowers is used as a fever reducer, and to improve general health. Fruit and seeds are used to lower blood pressure and treat heart disease.

USDA Zone: 3

Sunset Western Zone: A2, A3, 1-9, 14-24

Sunset Northeast Zone: 31, 32, 34-45