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Sambucus pubens

Scarlet Elderberry

Yellowish-white flowers bear scarlet-red fruit that is attractive to birds but inedible for humans.

  • »  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

1gal
$22.59
2gal
$34.13
3gal
$37.38
  • Category:Shrubs
  • Hardiness Zone:3
  • Height:250-300 cm
  • Spread:200-250 cm
  • Bloom Color: White, Yellow
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Wet Soils
• Moist to Average
• Average to Dry Soils
• Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
• Attracts Birds
• Attracts Butterflies
Growth Rate
• Medium
Attributes
• Native to Ontario
• Deciduous
• Fruit
Flowering Time
• Spring
Habit
• Clumping
• Multi-stem/Clump form
• Upright
Foliage Color
• Green (dark)
Landscape uses
• Naturalizing
• Woodland/woods edge
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Sambucus pubens

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