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'Eva' Black Lace Elderberry 'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree.This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark ...
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry. [2] [3] It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny locations.
Sambucus cerulea is a large, deciduous shrub, which can grow to be 9 metres (30 feet) in height and 6 m (20 ft) in width. It normally grows rather wildly from several stems, which can be heavily pruned (or even cut to the ground) during winter dormancy.
Pruning is a horticultural, arboricultural, and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. The practice entails the targeted removal of diseased, damaged, dead, non-productive, structurally unsound, or otherwise unwanted plant material from crop and landscape plants.
Traditional methods of consuming elderberry includes jams, jellies, and syrups, all of which cook down the fruit and strain out the seeds. Unpublished research may show that S. canadensis (American elderberry) has lower cyanide levels than apple juice, and that its fruit does not contain enough beta-glucosidase (which convert glucosides into ...
Valley elderberry longhorn beetles in California are very often found around red or blue elderberry bushes. Females lay their eggs on the bark. [ 11 ] Strong-scented flowers in wild populations of European elder ( S. nigra ) attract numerous, minute flower thrips which may contribute to the transfer of pollen between inflorescences.
These bush-like plant shrubs, known as black elders, grow abundantly in America, Europe, North Africa and Asia. Ripe elderberries are used to make cakes, pies, jellies, jams and beverages.
Sambucus mexicana has been utilized by a variety of Indigenous tribes in California, like Acjachemen Indians of San Juan Capistrano, California, and is an important plant for them. [8] For the Acjachemen people, it is known as the “tree of music,” for the construction of wood to develop into clapper sticks , a wind instrument.