Elderberry is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants in the world. It is most often taken as a supplement to treat cold and flu symptoms. However, the raw berries, bark, and leaves are ...

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The health benefits of elderberry. Sambucol, an Israeli medication, is a wonderful cold, cough and fever treatment we can find in the U.S. It has as the base Sambucus nigra leaves or fruit.

Q.: I have a row of dwarf burning bushes near my driveway, in a hedgerow setting. They have been buried under snow for a good part of the winter. With the recent warm and rainy days, almost all of ...

The problem is, not everyone has the space for a large bush that can easily surpass 10 feet. Fortunately there are an increasing number of dwarf varieties that clock in at a modest 3 to 5 feet.

I knew I wanted native shrubs and so planted a mixture of chokecherry, serviceberry, winterberry and elderberry, hoping that some would survive and flourish in the poor soil laden with road salt.

He also estimated about 800 bushes, but only about half of them are mature. It takes about three years for an elderberry bush to mature. “They grow well natively,” Paige said.

It's a constant battle to balance my passion for sun-hungry edible plants with those that tolerate or even prefer shade. Many more edibles fall into the first category than the second. When ...

While we were driving on some rural roads in South Georgia last week, thickets of blooming, white-flowered elderberry shrubs seemed to be growing everywhere along the roadsides. When I see such ...

The elderberry bush can have multiple stems and grow to a height of 20 feet, potentially surviving for hundreds of years. Elderberries have lancelet leaves and a white flower that blooms in mid ...

The elderberry grows wild, but can be grown domestically. These newer domestic varieties are grown for their ornamental characteristics, with lovely 8-10 inch blossoms and dark purple fruit with ...