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Blossom
color: White, large clusters
Bloom time: June
Fruit: Clusters of red fruit in July
Size: 5' to 12' tall and wide
Shape: Upright shrub with a vase shape
Uses: Accent plant, shrub border. hedge or
naturalistic planting. Attracts birds.
Hardiness: Zones 3-9
Native: to eastern North America
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This native Elderberry is very important to a wide variety
of birds. It produces clusters of red fruit that ripen just
about the same time that baby birds need them in late June/early
July. Red Breasted Grosbeaks, Gray Catbirds, Robins and other
fruit-eating birds strip the fruit completely off these plants
in no time once they ripen. On calm days with no wind when
the fruit is ripe on this plant, you'll wonder why the branches
are shaking until you see the birds working hard to remove
every piece of fruit. Red Berried Elderberry develops into
a vase-shaped form as it ages. Please note that the fruit
on this Elderberry is edible for humans only after it has
been cooked. Very hardy and can grow in full sun to full shade.
What you'll receive:
2-year, field-grown plants with 12 to 18-inch long stems and
shipped bareroot (no soil or pot)
and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about
our plants.
Shipping: $0-$75=$12.00, $75.01-$125=$15, $125.01-$200=$20, >$200=10% of total. Shipped UPS Ground in
spring from early April through mid May.
[Catalog #FS14]
Grows in full sun to full shade in moist, garden soil. Space
4 to 5-feet apart. Can be planted under large trees. Prune
in late winter to desired shape and size.
What's a "bareroot" plant?
 "Bareroot"
is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A
bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not
actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what
a bareroot rose looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship
to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage
over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship
the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through
mid May.
Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions
with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out
of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water
so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak
for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting
instructions with photos are available on our planting
shrubs page.
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