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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 Low Inventory
$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
Attracts Wildlife
Attracts Birds
Attracts Butterflies
Growth Rate
Medium
Attributes
Native to Ontario
Deciduous
Fruit
Flowering Time
Spring
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.