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Elderberry
Elderberry
Popular for Deep Purple Homemade Wine!

  (3 customer reviews)

York Elderberry has intensely flavored fruit with a rich aroma. Bountiful harvest ripens in August. Extremely hardy, tall shrub grows to 12-14 ft. No spraying required-both varieties are practically pest-free. Plant two varieties for improved pollination, extended harvest period and top yield.

York-Quickest to bear, often in its second year. Ripens late August.

Nova-Great for pies, jelly and wine. Ripens two weeks before York.

Many of the fruits are native species that grow wild in various parts of the country. They are very adaptable and generally carefree. A few are delicious when eaten fresh; others make excellent desserts and wines.

Potted Plants. 3-inch pots.

Zones: 3-9

Buying Options
York Elderberry
69453 - For each offer ordered, get 1 plant.
Price: 1 - $19.95
2 or more - $18.95
Quantity:
Nova Elderberry
69454 - For each offer ordered, get 1 plant.
Price: 1 - $19.95
2 or more - $18.95
Quantity:
Product Details
Zones: 4 - 8 (-20° F.)
Height: 6-10'
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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Elderberry Ships In Both Spring And Fall
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 -  Thursday, August 28, 2008
out-standing!!!
Reviewed By: brandy (saginaw, mi)
Luv Luv Luv High yeilds,wonderfull in baked goods.Kids love to help pick and eat.

 -  Thursday, June 12, 2008
Elder Berries grow wild here
Reviewed By: Ellene Keller (Troy, Alabama)
I live in Pike County , Alabama. Elder berries grow wild here,but never knew that you could eat them.

 -  Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Long Time No See
Reviewed By: Richard Conway (Dothan, Alabama)
I am a native of up state New York, I have been living in Alabama for 25 years, no one down here has herd of elderberrys, I did not know that they could survive in this area, I was searching and found out that Gurney's seed & Nursery carried these trees and they can survive in the deep south, I am excited.... I am just now ordering these trees, and can't wait to finally enjoy this fruit. Thank you Gurney's..


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