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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 6-8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Variegated
Other: Bright gold, white & green leaves
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Fermented
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Flies

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Common names
  • Elderberry
  • Black Elder
  • European Elder
  • Bourtree

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2016-05-10
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2016-04-11
Location: in my garden
Date: 2014-04-26

Date: 2013-04-26

Date: 2013-04-26
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-06-18

Date: 2011-11-05

Date: 2011-11-05

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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