Elderberry - Native Fruits - Small Fruit and Berries

Product Details

Zones: 4 - 8 (-20° F.)
Height: 12-14'
Spacing: 6-8'
Sun/Shade: full sun/part shade
Pollinator: self fertile
Blooms: early summer
Fruit: Juicy, sweet, purplish black berries

Comments: Excellent berry size, largest of all. Lovely fall foliage. Bright white flowers in the spring. Highest of all in Vitamin C. Excellent pollinator for other elderberries. Can bear as early as the second year. Last to ripen. The elderberry has been used for myriad medicinal purposes for millennia. The berries and flowers are used in home-made wines. Dried elderberries and their blossoms are used in tea, which reputedly helps to reduce fever and improve digestion. The fruit is high in vitamin C. The flower-tops possess a mild floral flavor and are often used in pancakes, or dipped in batter & fried. The Joy of Cooking recommends combining the fruit with rhubarb in cooking (it also recommends cooking the flowers with gooseberries). The American goldfinch, brown thrasher, gray catbird, northern mockingbird, and yellow warbler nest in elderberries (Ortho: 32-33). The berries are eaten by the pileated woodpecker, mockingbird, gray catbird, brown thrasher, American robin, bluebird, thrush, cedar waxwing, northern and orchard orioles, tanager, black-headed and evening grosbeaks. Butterflies visit elderberry flowers for the nectar.
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- Tuesday, June 01, 2010
For those who like Elderberry Pies or whatever
Reviewed By: Larry Schaufelberger (Van Wert,, OH)
A Review of the Elderberry plants received from Gurney’s: I ordered 2 Elderberry plants (York & Nova) in the fall of 2006 and they were planted shortly after their arrival. During 2007 they grew nicely. I helped them along by watering and giving them a shot of Miracle Grow each week. During 2008, I harvested enough berries to produce one deep-dish pie. (It was delicious.) Last summer they produced 18 pints of berries. Attached is a picture of the plants now. They are enormous and as can be seen, simply covered with blooms which portends a great harvest. I suspect I shall have plenty to give away. I have them covered with netting to keep the birds off as much as possible. I would have had more last summer except the birds got to the green berries and ate them-probably 15 to 20%. I placed a 6 foot ladder next to them give a perspective of how giant these plants are. Anyway, 5 bright stars for the Gurney Elderberry Plants! L. W. Schaufelberger Van Wert, Ohio I’d like to send this picture to you but either I’m not smart enough or can’t attach it to this review. If you would like to see it, please send me an email address. Thank you.

- Tuesday, April 06, 2010
elderberry
Reviewed By: Mary (Toms River, NJ)
The elderberry trees were just little sticks when I first recieved them and grew vey little the first year. I am surprised to find they did survive their first winter. Hopefully, they will now begin to grow and resemble the product advertised by the company.

- Friday, March 19, 2010
smallest plant ever
Reviewed By: Bradley Henderson (Spring Lake, North Carolina)
I ordered 2 types the York and theNova Elderberry bushes they cost me $40 but when I got them they were the size of a toohpick no taller and no bigger around with 3 tiny leaves on each plant. Talk about disapointed they will take several years (if they live) to grow to any size and elderberries grow fast but these are so small it is unbelievable I checked thier commpetitors and found I could get 6 foot bushes for $20 each I do not recomend buying these from Gurnys untill they grow them bigger

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