The highbush cranberry shrub isn’t a true cranberry, although the berries are similar in both taste and appearance. The Latin name is Viburnum opulus var. americanum, which is important to know if you ...

For gardeners, Thanksgiving is a special holiday, a time to celebrate the harvest and put it on the table, just as the Pilgrims did hundreds of years ago. Most gardeners today grow some form of the ...

Join us on an incredible journey as we explore the fascinating process of growing a cranberry plant from seed over 210 days, captured beautifully in this detailed time-lapse video. Witness the ...

Q: Can you identify the plant with the red berries in the photo? - Royce Aardahl, Sauk Rapids, Minn. A: The plant goes by several common names including highbush cranberry, American cranberrybush and ...

LAKE MINCHUMINA, Alaska — When my twin sister Julie and I were 8 or 10 years old, every early August we haunted open birch forests and brushy slopes, eyeing sweet-smelling highbush cranberries as they ...

To me, fall is a time of decay. Growing up in Wisconsin, it meant a time when the leaves changed into a layered palette of yellow, orange, and red. Eventually, the leaves piled up on the ground and ...

This time of year, there are some shrubs that exhibit colorful fruits and seeds. These would include sumacs, wahoos (yes, wahoos), and highbush cranberry. As the photos indicate, these fruits are not ...