Originally Posted by
Darcyshannon
I am thinking of getting an elderflower plant. I like its taste and would prefer to make my own specialty drinks. Are they easy to grow?
I bought mine here:
https://onegreenworld.com/?s=elderberries . I like this company and have dealt with them many times. They have 2 pages of elderberry varieties to choose from. I don't remember which kind mine are. I'd have to go hike up the hill to read the tag and I'm too lazy to do that.
They look exactly like the black elderberries that grow in our area.
My elderberries are doing great! I just give them water and a little bit of fertilizer each year. My zone is 8B, or 9A and I"m up in the mountains. Elderberries also grow wild here, so I'm not surprised that they're doing well in my garden. They look like small trees, about 7 feet high and are nice as an ornamental. This year I"m going to get a lot of fruit, if the birds don't beat me to it.
I have a lot of plants like that in our landscaping. They're pretty, but also produce fruit s/a aronia berries, pineapple guava, currants, olives, blueberries, goumi, sea berries, gooseberries, honey berries, pomegranates, autumn olive, etc. I'm always looking for more interesting and unusual edibles for my yard. We like the harvests and the birds are our eternal friends.
~ C