American Elder
- Botanical Name
- Sambucus canadensis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 5 to 12 feet
- Width
- 5 to 12 feet
- Flowers
- Early summer: white
- Fruit
- Purple-black berry-like drupes
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Prefers moist soil
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily
- pH adaptable
- Remove dead wood in spring
- Prune to control size
- Problems
- Cankers, leaf spot, powdery mildew, borers
- Varieties
- Aurea - gold foliage, 10'
- Variegata - leaves are margined in creamy yellow-white, provide afternoon shade to prevent scorch
- Laciniata - deeply incised leaflets, 8'
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