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Just a quick update to add to the photo collection… some great photos of Sambucus mexicana, or the blue elderberry found in warmer climates (I’ve seen Mexico and California specifically mentioned; not sure where else exactly). Also called the Mexican elder, and sometimes lumped in with Sambucus canadensis, the North American elder. Note the hazy […]

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This thread on timebomb2000 is full of great info on elderberries and various elderberry health products. The thread itself is actually a discussion on elderberry as a weapon against the avian flu in case it should spread between humans, but like many threads do, it wanders a bit. Some highlights interesting to me:

Sambucus canadensis (the […]

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This post on berry bushes in New Mexico gardens lists out quite a few varieties of small fruit, including tayberries, currants, gooseberries, elderberries and bush cherries, along with some basic growing info on each. Not much here I haven’t seen before, but they refer to the American elder, or Sambucus canadensis, as the “sweet elder,” […]

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I had a request as to whether elderberries and Queen Anne’s Lace were the same thing, and I have to say I thought that too when I was in the Missouri Ozarks a couple years ago, even to the point of snapping a photo to check it out later.

But as shown in the photo above, Queen […]

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A reader of this site just posted that he has quite a few elderberries available, so I thought I’d repost his info for anyone looking for a person-to-person source.
Ulrich writes, “I have elderberries here in Oklahoma and am looking for new places to sell destemmed berries. I have about 400 lbs in freezer from last […]

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This photo from the King Country Plant Guide shows a good closeup of the flowering stage of Sambucus racemosa, or the red elderberry. (Remember, this is the elderberry that grows in cooler North American climates, and should not be eaten!) You can really see the difference between the fist-sized bunched appearance of the racemosa flowers […]

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This post from Prodigal Gardens Medicinal Herbs and Wild Foods lists out some of the natural crops that arrive in September, including acorns, walnuts, hickory nuts, wild grapes, and of course, elderberries. Includes some photos and quite a few links to elderberry products and other information.

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This article from the Texas Native Plants Database confirms that the elderberry I’m looking for here is the Sambucus canadensis. It says this variety can be found from Texas and Florida all the way up north through Nova Scotia - talk about adaptable!

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An interesting discussion board thread with good thoughts on eating ripe/unripe elderberry flowers and berries. Particularly of interest is the method of floating berries in water to distinguish which are ripe and which are not.

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Browse a dozen different varieties of elderberry plants, all available for order.

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