Sambucus Canadensis Common Elderberry 2 Gal

A deciduous and somewhat sprawling native shrub, Common Elderberry produces large clusters of white flowers that give way to dark purple/black delicious, edible and medicinal fruits in summer. Great when planted in mass, as a specimen, in shrub boarders, as a screen and along bodies of water. With good erosion control and tolerance of wet soils, consider this shrub form zone 1 of rain gardens where water stands for a few hours post rain events. 

Full sun - part shade. Keep soil consistently moist in full sun. Humusy,  moist-wet and well-draining soil. 

Attracts pollinators, deer resistant, clay and wet soil tolerant. 

Erosion control, wet and clay soil tolerant. 

Prune in late winter with 1 of 3 techniques: 

1. Remove death and weakened stems

2. Shorten of one-year stems 

3. Cut back to ground to rejuvenate shrub.