Blue Elderberry : Sambucus cerulea

Plant type: deciduous woody shrub
Height: 10 - 20'

Light: full to part sun
Soil: moist to seasonally wet

Growth rate: fast
PPL: YES

Desirable woody shrub - grows to the size of a small tree. Beautiful leaves and ethnobotanically valued berries.

The one of famed health elixirs - do not eat raw, but worth exploring how to process the fruit for syrup/medicine.

Tolerates many conditions, including the direct sun.