Sambucus canadensis
Fruit can be used for jellies, pies, juice and wine. Berries and flowers are edible, but other parts of the plant are poisonous. Very adaptable, survives minimal care but tends to sucker. Good for naturalization and roadside planting. Deer resistant. Important food source for birds, learn more.
Common Elderberry
Height : 5-15 feet
Spread : 5-15 feet
Light : Full sun to part shade
Water : Moist to wet
Soil : Sand, loam, clay
Zone : 3
Leaves : Dark green in summer, insignificant yellow-green fall color
Stem : Yellowish-gray to gray-brown stems, insignificant smooth tan bark
Flower : Lightly scented showy flat-topped white flower clusters in June-July. Flowers quite profusely covering the shrub
Fruit : Purple-black berries in August-September produced in drooping clusters that will attract birds
Habit : Fast growing multi-stemmed shrub, broad and rounded crown with arching branches