Adams Elderberry

Make a great landscape choice with showy, hard-working Adams Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis 'Adams') flowering shrubs. These native plants develop the revered medicinal berries we've all been buying at the health food store for lung support.

Nothing could be easier to grow! This North American native develops quickly into a billowing screen with wide, flat white flowers in spring.

Planting and Application:

Butterflies adore these umbel inflorescence blooms; as they are easy to land on and gather nectar. Some gather the flowers for rustic indoor arrangements or to prepare batter-fried fritters.

• Plan to leave some of the honey-scented flower display for the large clusters of dark purple berries. Read how to prepare your harvest into antioxidant-rich tonics without artificial colors or flavors here
• Although Adams is self-fruitful, you'll get bigger harvests if you partner with York Elderberry for pollination. Any of the native Sambucus canadensis shrubs we offer will help produce more of the large Adams berries you crave for hand-crafted concoctions.
• Create an informal alternating hedge with several varieties at the back of your garden border. It's so easy to turn any lot into an Edible Landscape with these charming, low-maintenance shrubs.
• Adams Elderberry berries are wonderful for wine, cordial and jelly. Homecraft to your heart's content or leave them for wild birds to forage in fall.
• They will grow into a rounded mound if left "au natural". However, you can also keep them much smaller with annual pruning.

#ProPlantTips for Care: 

Adams Elderberry bush can be successfully grown in either full sun or partial shade. Ensure they get at least four hours of sunlight a day for best flowering and fruiting.

• The tiny feeder roots receive a life-long support with symbiotic Nature Hills Root Booster placed in the planting hole. Add a three-inch layer of mulch over the root zone, pulling it back away from directly touching the stems.
• Keep Elderberries stress-free with a consistent schedule of water. Get expert watering tips from the NatureHills.com Horticulture Team.
• Prune in early spring to control size. Every few years, cut the thickest stems to the ground to renew your shrub.