Sambucus canadensis | American Elderberry, Sweet Elder. Originated in … North America | Tree
Sambucus canadensis belongs to the plant family SAMBUCACEÆ and Genus Sambucus This Tree will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Sambucus canadensis does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Sambucus canadensis so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Sambucus canadensis American elderberry,sweet elder is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Sambucus canadensis | American Elderberry, Sweet Elder is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Sambucus canadensis has flowers that are overpoweringly nauseous. The berries of American elderberry (also known as sweet elder) as well as the leaves have been used in traditional fabric dyeing. A range of possible colors can be produced by this plant including bluish gray, blue, pinkish beige, purple, yellow, green and pink-violet. It is traditionally used to dye wool. (The mordants used for fixing the dye include: alum, chrome, iron.)
Sambucus canadensis will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Sambucus canadensis is a woody perennial. American elderberry (locally known in some parts as sweet elder) is deciduous in nature.
Flowers of the plant Sambucus canadensis have a smell of fragrant. fetid overpowering sweetness up close,agreeable from a distance and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Nauseous | Overpowering
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 12' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Fresh. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has a sweeter, richer, more flavorful taste than S. nigra
Fruit … 1/4 inch globular shaped, purple-black in color
The Berries;Leaves of Sambucus canadensis can be used to produce a natural dye having the following color(s) … bluish gray,blue,pinkish beige,purple,yellow,green,pink-violet
The fruit is 1/4 inch globular shaped, purple-black in color. It has a sweeter, richer, more flavorful taste than S. nigra. Sambucus canadensis is most commonly used fresh.
"Colors from nature : growing, collecting & using natural dyes", Bobbi A. McRae, Storey Communications Inc, Pownal Vermont, 1993.
"Growing Unusual Fruit", Alan E. Simmons, Walker and Company, New York, 1972.
"The Fragrant Garden. A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974. Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.