Plant - Elderberry
$30.00Price
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- Native Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
- Sprawling shrub that typically grows 10' tall and tends to send up suckers from the roots.
- Elderberry erupts with large sprays of white blossom clusters in late spring and has a delicate citrusy fragrance loved by pollinators.
- Flowers are replaced by berries that darken to a rich black-purple once they are ripe.
- The foliage turns a lovely burnished yellow in the fall.
- Plant in part sun or bright shade.
- The leaves are toxic, so browsing mammals rarely bother this plant.
- *****NOTE***** Although this plant produces edible flowers and berries, these harvests need to be cooked before being consumed.
