
How to grow blue elderberry
Sambucus cerulea
When to plant blue elderberry
Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Blue Elderberry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- large and thicket forming
- fruit not palatable fresh
Sources
- OSU Landscape Plants (Oregon State University Department of Horticulture): Sambucus cerulea (Blue Elderberry; syn. Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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