The American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) is a native deciduous shrub that can be found growing wild along roadsides, in fence rows and in moist meadows. In home gardens, it works best in a ...

With sweet flowers and fruit — and a crop of medicinal and practical uses — American elderberry can grow just about anywhere in eastern North America. Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis thrives in a ...

Fruits grown in the home landscape always seem to taste better than anything purchased. Even better is something grown in natural surroundings. Elderberry is native to Wisconsin, although few people ...

Taking root along the roadside and growing out of ditches all around the Lowcountry, the American elderberry (sambucus nigra or sambucus canadensis), stands tall with its showy white lace ...

Raise your hands. How many of you celebrate the summer solstice by making elder flower fritters? No? How about making elderberry wine from the dark purple fruits that follow? Never? Have you ever seen ...

American elder, or elderberry, is more common than you might think, and that is a good thing! Although not generally considered great for munching off the bush, the dark-blue ripe berries of this ...

Around 30 years ago a wonderful matriarch in my church brought a pie for one of the socials. She took care of a number of elderberry bushes at home. It was a special pie; I had never heard of ...

The integration of edible landscaping shrubs into Bloomington-Normal area gardens, sidewalk strips, fence lines, and elsewhere can add beauty, ecological function and food security to our area. Four ...

MUSKOGEE COUNTY, Okla. — Brent Madding is spending his retirement years building a business based on elderberries. "What we have growing here is a species of elderberry called American Black Elder -- ...