AMERICAN ELDER
AMERICAN ELDER
Zones - 4-9
Description -
Key Benefits
Long, arching branches are clothed in dark green leaves and adorned with flat-topped clusters of small white flowers followed by 1/4-inch purple-black fruit. Fruit is attractive to birds and good for jellies, pies, juice and wine. Deciduous.
Time of Flowering
White flowers in summer.
Average Landscape Size
Multi-stemmed shrub 5 to 12 ft. tall and wide depending on habitat.
Water Needs
Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.
Sun Exposure
Full sun
Cold Hardiness
-30 to -20 F