Howunder? - Sambucus canadensis as a garden elderberry

In addition to the black elderberry (Sambucus nigra), other species have great horticultural potential. Apart from the different native elderberry species used as wild and bird food trees, there is also the Canadian elderberry – sometimes also known as the American elderberry

The Howunder? garden elderberry also flowers and bears fruit reliably on this year's shoots. Howunder? plants can therefore be pruned back hard and low every year in early spring with a clear conscience – just as it suits the garden in question – without any loss of yield. This is because the Howunder? garden elderberry blooms on the newly growing shoots. And if the flowers are not immediately processed into syrup or similar, there are also fruits to harvest in late summer.

The advantages of Howunders? at a glance

• Creeping flower umbels, usually larger than those of the black elderberry
• food for insects and birds
• Fruits on the shoots growing this year
• Longer and subsequent flowering period and harvest time
• Possibility of pruning the shrubs back to 20-100 cm every year, similar to panicled hydrangeas
• Compact, bushy growth due to pruning: 150-250 cm