Blue Elderberry (Sambucus caerulea) is a fast growing deciduous fruit shrub native to Western North America. Berries and flowers are a native food source that has been eaten fresh, but are best cooked or made into elderberry wine, jam, syrup, and pies for thousands of years. The flower clusters can be eaten raw, fried, made into tea, and used to cooking. The fruit and flowers are contain high levels of antioxidants, vitamin C, and Vitamin A. The flowers are known to improve immune function. The flowers are loved by bees butterflies and other pollinators. Birds love the fruit. You will receive 50+ seeds in a stitched paper envelope.
Can be fall sown without treatment.
Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: warm stratify for 30 days, cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
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