General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 5-10'
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Variegated
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Various insects
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Elderberry
  • European Red Elder
  • Gold Elderberry
  • Red Elderberry

Photo Gallery

Date: 2008-05-18
Location: Plantarium 2015
Date: 2015-08-29
Sambucus racemosa 'Welsh Gold' ('Walfind') - Plantarium 2015
Location: Plantarium 2015
Date: 2015-08-29
Plantarium 2015-118
Location: Randazzo's Market, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Plantarium
Date: 2014-08-30
Location: Plantarium
Date: 2014-08-30
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-05-22
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-07-05
Uploaded by DianeSeeds
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8b
Date: 2012-05-19
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2012-05-19
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Randazzo's Market, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Randazzo's Market, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Randazzo's Market, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Randazzo's Market, Westland, MI
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-07

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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