General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Clusters of small bright orange-red drupes.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Resistances: Pollution
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Elder
  • Chinese Red Elder
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sambucus javanica subsp. chinensis
  • Synonym: Sambucus chinensis
  • Synonym: Sambucus chinensis var. formosana
  • Synonym: Sambucus javanica f. chinensis
  • Synonym: Sambucus chinensis var. pinnatilobatus

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2019-10-08
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2019-10-08

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