Scientific Name
Sambucus nigra

Common Name
European elderberry

 
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 7
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Rapid
Site Requirements: Sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil
Height: 10 to 20 feet
Width: --
Texture: --
Form: Large multi-stemmed shrub or small tree
Flower/Fruit: Yellowish white flowers on 5 to 8" flat-topped cyme in summer; lustrous black fruit in fall
Foliage: Opposite, pinnate compound dark green leaves; 3 to 9 leaflets; unpleasant odor when crushed
Comments: Fruit attracts birds; suckers to form colonies; weedy
Cultivars: Albo-variegata; Marginata: Leaves initially have yellowish white margins, fading to creamy white
   




[Albo-variegata]

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