York Elderberry | Native Fruits from Gurney's Seed and Nursery

Elderberry

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Intensely flavored fruit with a rich aroma. Bountiful harvest ripens in August. Extremely hardy, tall shrub grows 12-14 ft. No spraying required—both varieties are practically pestfree. Plant two varieties for improved pollination, extended harvest period and top yields.
York—Quickest to bear, often in its second year. Ripens late August.
Nova—Great for pies, jelly and wine. Ripens two weeks before York.
Potted Plant.
Zones 3-9.

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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- 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.

- 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.

- Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The Wonder Berrytree
Reviewed By: Pamela Viera (High Point, North Carolina)
These are amazing fruit trees. Beautiful tiny flowers that produce wonderful berries for preserves and pies. I grow them in memory of my mom because they are her favorite. Easy to prune and control shape and size. Thank God for this wonderful plant.

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