Only the flowers and fruit of the elderberry are edible; the other plant parts are poisonous. Black Lace elderberry grows in average garden soil, and is fine in wet soils.

This basic guide to growing elderberry plants includes planting and care tips, types to grow, and best companion plants.

I like my 'Black Lace' elderberry pruned into an open arch, which I need to do once a year.

Q • When I went out to my garden this morning, I found problems with my ‘Lemony Lace’ elderberry. Some of the branches look healthy, but others look dead or ...

American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) grows wild throughout the eastern half of the United States. It's tall, lanky, rampant -- and beautiful. It forms great thickets of arching branches, and ...

If you are a native-plant enthusiast seeking to attract wildlife to your garden, or a homesteader planning an edible hedgerow or a food forest, or a budding herbalist, or a gardener looking for ...

Elderberry blossoms, however, never let you down. The entire flowering head fried up in a fritter batter makes a crunchy summertime treat that more than repays the effort of harvesting and ...

Elderberry fruits and blooms have become very popular and are now grown commercially for teas, gummies, jams, jellies, syrups and wines.

In the edible garden, other species have a range of foliage characteristics and fruiting habit. One of my favorites is the cutleaf or fernleaf elderberry, Sambucus nigra ‘Laciniata’, its delicate lacy ...