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Flowers used for cordial; berries for wine and syrup. Raw berries mildly toxic β always cook. Vigorous grower; cut back hard every few years to rejuvenate.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check β plant African MarigoldGreat, ChrysanthemumGreat and Belgian EndiveGreat nearby.Water: Medium Β· Height: 400 cm Β· Soil: Moist, well-draining β tolerates most soils including wet
Elderberry is usually grown from cuttings rather than seed. Take a healthy stem cutting, remove the lower leaves, and root it in moist, free-draining compost.
Prunus besseyi
fruit
Shares Elderberry's vulnerability to aphids β same companion strategies apply
Corylus maxima
treeThrives in the same partial sun, moderate water conditions as Elderberry
Vaccinium ovatum
fruitDraws the same bees as Elderberry
Ribes rubrum L.
fruitThrives in the same partial sun, moderate water conditions as Elderberry
These three thrive alongside Elderberry β and alongside each other.
