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red-fruited elderberry
Sambucus pubens
Not Native
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 ft. to 12.0 ft.
Spread: 8.0 ft. to 15.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Tree
- Program Association
- Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals, Urban Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Season of Bloom
- May, June
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Suckers, Spreads Underground
- Design Considerations
- Fragrant, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Acidic/Low pH, Nutrient Rich, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Plant in areas where suckering spread may be appreciated.