Sambucus canadensis
(elderberry)
(elderberry)
Category: Shrubs
Photo Credits: Joseph A. Marcus, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height: 6 – 10 feet
Spread: 10 feet
Location: Bottom, Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Fruit: small, edible, purple berry-like fruit in large clusters; late summer through fall
Comments & Cautions:
high habitat value (flowers, fruit); produces better flowers and fruit in full sun; spreads by seed
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium
This plant prefers Sand or Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
rounded and suckering to form large colonies; coarse plant with thick, mostly unbranched, weak stems
Foliage
bright green compound leaves; bold texture
Flowers
small, fragrant, white flowers in large flat clusters; June-July