Elderberry Tree | Sambucus nigra v. canadensis | Native Florida Fruit Bearing Tree

Elderberry, American Elder

Fruits used for creation of wine, jam/jelly.

Huge white flower clusters sometimes used in salads or cooked and can be used to make a light wine similar to champagne.

Flowers attract many pollinators. Birds love the fruit.

1 gallon, if shipping is selected, shipped bare root but wrapped carefully.

Form:	Shrub
Size:	10-15 ft, at least as wide as it is tall, sometimes wider.
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Blue,purple,black
Phenology:	Deciduous in the north, evergreen in the south. Blooms spring-summer (into fall in the south).
Noted for:	Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage

Recommended Uses:	Casual settings, wetland edge or screen plant. Long bloom period.

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH:	Adaptable

Wildlife:	Fruits popular with birds.
Insects:	Flowers attract many pollinators.
Native Habitats:	Disturbed wetland edges, wet roadsides, etc.

Ethnobotany:

Fruits used for creation of wine, jam/jelly.

Flowers sometimes used in salads or cooked and can be used to make a light wine similar to champagne.

General Comments:

Used extensively in Indian cultures. Fruits are very high in Vitamin C.

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Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B