Guelder Rose

Broad oval deep green leaves turn red in autumn with beautiful bunches of bright red berries.

Guelder rose. Cramp bark Viburnum opulus also known as guelder rose highbush cranberry and snowball tree is a tall flowering shrub with red berries and clusters of white flowersNative to Europe. The Guelder Roses flower is snowy white with flat heads which are 3 to 5 inches across. The berries are mildly toxic if eaten raw but can be cooked into jelly or jam.

Green hairless buds which have a pair of scales. These trees are cell-grown. The flower is wheel shaped and the outer flowers have five petals and are sterile.

This shrub is also like the Common Elder. In Ireland the variety that features large white sterile flowers Snowball Tree is particularly popular. It is a handsome shrub growing in low rich lands woods and borders of fields presenting a showy appearance of flowers in June.

Guelder rose is a plant native to North America and Europe and propagates wildly in woodlands hedges and thickets. Height 6 ½ to 16 feet 2 to 5 meters Exposure full sun or part sun Soil ordinary well drained. Growing up to 5m high with an average growth between 20cm - 40cm per year Guelder Rose hedging grows well in most soil types - except for very acidic types - but will particularly thrive in moist fertile soil.

The name Guelder comes from Gueldersland a Dutch province where the tree was first cultivated. It is easy to cook and can be kept for a long time. 5 metres growing an estimated 30-60cm each year.

Guelder Rose is indigenous to the northern part of the United States and Canada. We are a law firm providing specialist legal and consulting services on all aspects of English maritime law. Foliage deciduous Flowering April to June.