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Common Elderberry

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

 

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