For your purchase, you are getting two bare root 6”-8”- see picture 1. The roots will be dipped in root gel, wrapped in wet paper towel and Saran wrapped. Pots are not included. Young leaves and stem will be trimmed (they don’t travel well). You may receive plants in recycled box (cracker box, Amazon, Walmart boxes). Plants will be shipped on Monday but no later than Wednesday . This is to ensure these plants not kept in post office warehouse over the weekend. All orders come with tracking

I will replace your plant if you show me a picture of your death plant 48 hours upon receipt of plant. Broken stems does not mean it’s dead.

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Dipsacales

Family: Adoxaceae

Genus: Sambucus

Species: S. canadensis

This plant is native to a large area of North America ranging east of the Rockies and south through eastern Mexico and central America to Panama.

General Description: A native thicket-forming shrub or small tree bearing edible white flowers and purple black berries offering immune support.

Main Use of Tree: Cooked edible fruit and flowers. The berries are generally used for jellies and wine. Berries are high in Vitamin C.

(FRUITS AND FLOWERS MUST BE COOKED BEFORE CONSUMPTION). ALL PARTS OF PLANTS ARE TOXIC EXCEPT COOKED FRUIT AND FLOWERS.

Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9

Maintenance: low ( PRUNE TREES TO THE GROUND AND THEY WILL GROW RIGHT BACK. THEY FRUIT ON NEW WOOD)

Mature Height: 5 to 12 feet

Mature Width: 5 to 12 feet

Plant Details:

Growth Habit: Sprawling, sucker growth that forms colonies of growth. This grows in a branching/rhizome form. In a couple years you will have a cluster of these growing beside themselves because of the rhizome growth that spreads a couple feet a year.

Leaf Structure: Pinnate. Opposite pairs with 5 to 9 leaflets. Oval to lance-shaped compound leaves measuring up to 6 inches long and 2 ½ inches wide.

Stem Structure: Green to grey or brown, and smooth with large internodal growth.

Bark Structure: Light brown in color and smooth.

Soil Preference: Sand, Clay, Loam and Silt

Watering Preference: Medium

Sunlight Preference: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Bloom Time: April to July

Bloom Color: White, flat-topped to rounded clusters measuring 4 to 10 inches.

Fruit Production: Purple to black fruits, known as drupes, form in large clusters. They appear from June to August. Each berry measures about ¼ inch.

Nut Production: N/A

Winterization Methods: Prune the dead and any weaker canes in late winter. Remove canes that are 3 years old as younger ones produce better.

Fun Fact: The leaves and inner bark can be used as an insecticide.

General Notes:

Wildlife favorite. Attracts pollinators.

The seeds are quite fertile and are enjoyed by birds. You may find a couple volunteer plants growing a distance away due to wildlife consumption.

This a wonderful plant to grow and is very user friendly.