If you're starting from seed, inside each fruit are three to five small seeds. In early spring, plant seeds in 1/2- to 1/4-inch-deep containers and then transplant to your desired location when they're about 6 inches tall or sow the seeds in your garden. Elderberries from seed take about three years to fully fruit.
This shrub grows at a fast rate, with height increases of more than 24" per year.
You can eat the dark ripe berries and flowers of the Sambucus canadensis and Sambucus nigra. However, some people may experience nausea from the raw elderberries, so best to cook and/or separate the pulp from the seeds, which contain trace amounts of cyanide.
It attains a height of between 10-12 feet (3-3.7 m.) tall and is hardy to USDA plant hardiness zones 3-8.. . . . .364011236369!]0000000000000009783314146907!]
