The Wild and Wonderful Elderberry

The wild and wonderful elderberry

Indigenous people have utilized elderberry for centuries – harvesting berries for nutrition, utilizing hollow stems for tools and instruments, and other plant parts for medicinal uses.

The wild and wonderful elderberry - Cass County Star-Gazette

Most of the time I work hard to achieve a desirable outcome in my landscape but, from time to time, a plant comes along that is easy to care establish and care for without being too aggressive, it beautiful, and produces food for wildlife and my family…black elderberry is one of those plants. Identification Black or common elderberry (Sambucus nigra canadensis) is an attractive shrub that is well adapted to a wide range of site conditions.