• Indigenous communities have tended and used elderberries as a sacred plant and medicine for centuries. Elderberries are ...

It is spring and my elder or elderberry tree, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea is in full bloom. These beautiful white blooms bring back memories from before I lived in Texas. Growing up, elders were ...

Elderberry is a bit more a tree than last column’s rose is, but we usually see it as a shrub: multi-trunked, relatively small. But the wonderful natural history writer Donald Culross Peattie called it ...

As indigenous peoples across the world discovered eons ago, every part of the elderberry plant serves a purpose for our survival. The tart, tiny fruits are loaded with illness-fighting nutrients. The ...

I have seen a plant all my life and always considered it a weed. Recently someone told me it was elderflower, and they use it in food and beers. Could you please tell me what it is? — Matt “Weed” is a ...

Winter is usually quiet for most gardens. However, there are some things you can do to optimize your garden for spring. One ...

I have seen them around for years. Right now they are particularly noticeable because of their showy flowers. They are alongside roads, along the river and sloughs, in vacant fields and meadows. In ...

Drinking elderberry tea may help ease cold and flu symptoms and shorten the length of your illness. Elderberry has been shown to support overall immune health.

QUESTION: I have seen this thing all of my life (see photos) and always considered it a weed. Recently someone told me it was elderflower, and they use it in food and beers. Could you please tell me ...

Bags of invasive plant species, mostly honeysuckle and poison ivy, that volunteers removed from the bank of the Kansas River are pictured after a work day in September 2018. Invasive shrubs and vines ...

"A teaspoon of elderberry juice, delivered in delicious gummy form" LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Elderosa Elderberry Ranch is proud to announce the launch of our first batch of All ...