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Sambucus pubens - Scarlet Elderberry
Sambucus pubens - Scarlet Elderberry

Scarlet Elderberry

Sambucus pubens

  • White flowers in a mounded cluster
  • Red berries in clusters, June to July, will attract birds
  • Compound pinnate medium-green leaves turn yellow in the fall
  • Mostly vertical with weak stems
  • Colonizing thickets
  • Bloom Time: May

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
White, Yellow

HEIGHT:
250-300 cm

SPREAD:
200-250 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

A vigorous growing shrub that will tolerate many soil and light conditions. Suckering freely, it is excellent for re-naturalization. Its fruit is edible only if cooked.  Uncooked berries may induce illness.

Additional Notes about Scarlet Elderberry:

Native to Ontario

Characteristics & Attributes

Full Sun
Full Sun
Partial Sun/Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Attracts Birds
Attracts Birds
Attracts Butterflies
Attracts Butterflies
Deer Resistant
Deer Resistant
Native to Ontario
Native to Ontario
SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Wet Soils
Moist to Average
Average to Dry Soils
Well-drained
GROWTH RATE:
Medium
ATTRIBUTES:
Deciduous
Fruit
FLOWERING TIME:
Spring
HABIT:
Clumping
Upright
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green (dark)
LANDSCAPE USES:
Naturalizing
Woodland/woods edge