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Attractive, hardy, and easy to grow, the Blue Elderberry is also an important food source for California wildlife. In spring, large clusters of cream-colored flowers attract butterflies and bees. The abundant blue berries provide food for birds and other animals. Humans can eat the fruit as long as it?s cooked.
This fast-growing shrub is tolerant of a variety of growing conditions, although it does best in sun and well-drained moist, rich soil. It can grow to the size of a small tree, up to 30 feet tall but is easily shaped with pruning.
Shrub, Tree
20 - 30 ft Tall
20 - 30 ft Wide
Fountain
Fast
Winter Deciduous
Pleasant
Cream, Yellow, Purple
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Deep Shade, Partial Shade, Full Sun
Low, Moderate
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to 5° F
Fast, Medium
Tolerates a variety of soils but prefers well-drained soils with moisture.
Soil PH: 6.0 - 7.0
Accepts pruning readily .
Streambanks, slope bottoms, canyons, slightly moister places throughout the state. It occurs in conjunction with a variety of vegetation types including chaparral, sage scrub, grassland, and wetland-riparian.
Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Southern Oak Woodland, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia); Coast Live Oak, White Flowering Currant
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Likely
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Confirmed
Golden-haired Miner Bee
Andrena auricoma
Mock-orange Miner Bee
Andrena candida
Green-bellied Miner Bee
Andrena chlorogaster
Andrena concinnula
Canola
Brassica napus
Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
Strawberries
Fragaria
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. (n.d.). Www.wildflower.org. Retrieved October 18, 2023, from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SANIC5