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Elderberry

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​Growth Form: Rounded
Crown Density: Open
Size: to 5-12’ high; to 5-12’ spread
Drought Resistance: Fair
Cold Hardiness: Good
Growth Rate: Rapid, up to 24" per year
Life Span: Moderate
Elevational Range: to 8,000’
Soil Conditions: Tolerates a wide variety, but prefers moist, slightly acidic soils
Possible Insect Problems: Borers, spider mites, aphids
Possible Disease Problems: Canker, Powdery Mildew, Leaf Spot
Wildlife Value: Excellent; benefits birds, nesting cover and food value
Seasonal Color: Blooms in the summer, small star shaped white to yellow blooms.
Miscellany:  Delicious edible fruit for jellies, canning, syrups and winemaking. Forms a thicket, spreading by suckers. Can be pruned into a single stemmed tree. 

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  • Home
  • Programs
  • Composting
  • Seedling trees
    • Seedling Tree Catalog >
      • Coniferous Trees >
        • Ponderosa Pine
        • Austrian Pine
        • Colorado Blue Spruce
        • White Pine
        • Scotch Pine
        • Rocky Mountain Juniper
        • Eastern Red Cedar
      • Deciduous Shrubs >
        • Caragana
        • Cotoneaster
        • Chokecherry
        • Lilac
        • Plum
        • Three Leaf Sumac
        • Nanking Cherry
        • Wood's Rose
        • Buffaloberry
        • Golden Currant
        • Manchurian Apricot
        • False Indigobush
        • Red-Osier Dogwood
        • Elderberry
        • McDermand Pear
        • Black Currant
      • Deciduous Trees >
        • Catalpa
        • Crabapple
        • Hybrid Cottonwood
        • Honey Locust
        • Hackberry
        • Prairie Sky Poplar
        • Bur Oak
      • Planting Supplies >
        • Weed Barrier Fabric
        • Landscape Staples
        • Wild Bergamot
        • Polymer Granules
        • Fertilizer Tablets
  • Water Quality
  • Equipment Rental
    • Great Plains No-Till
    • Kasco Versa No-Till
  • Watershed Study
  • Education
  • Calendar Of Events
  • Special Documents
  • Staff / Board Members
  • Current News
  • Contact Us