When we lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, our whole neighbourhood was full of Elder trees. Not just bushes. Some of them were over 8 metres tall. We miss the number of berries we could harvest. Capt'n grew up on Elder flower champagne and Elder Wine as a boy in England. But they don't grow so much around our area of New Zealand where we live now. We have one stunted specimen in a pot but it is less than a metre tall and didn't make any berries last year. Great post. Thank you for making the effort.
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Wow! Those a beyond bushes, alright! Wow! That would be a lot of berries and flowers, too. I'm glad you know the great flavors of their flowers and berries, too. I hope you can get your elder bush established in New Zealand, and then maybe get another one for cross-pollination and more berries.
The Capt'n has a father in England that has mentioned sending us some pink elder seeds. I think the small shrub we have is from a white flower variety. Who doesn't want more berries when they taste as good as elder.
