When it blooms
In bloom: June to July
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How to grow it
- Light
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Moist, Wet
- Size
- 1.5 m–3.6 m
- Family
- Adoxaceae
- Native to
- Quebec
What it feeds
Common Elderberry is a host plant local wildlife depends on. These are the beings it brings back.
Wood ThrushThreatenedBirdIts flute-like song is fading from our woods. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it needs to feed its chicks.
Canada WarblerThreatenedBirdA bright yellow warbler in decline. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it feeds to its young.
Photos: Photo by Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Plant it with
Other native plants the Wood Thrush also depends on. Grow a few together and you give it food across the whole season.
Grow Common Elderberry where you live
Add it to your garden on Hortus, get a free report card of the wildlife it brings back, and find a nursery near you that carries it.