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Berries · Perennial

Elderberry

Adoxaceae

Plant spacing: 200 cm
USDA zones: 4a–8b
Frost-sensitive: no
Growth duration: 22 weeks

Which beds suit?

Sun (prefers): full sunAlso okay:partial shade
Soil (prefers): loamyAlso okay:claysandy
Drainage (prefers): normalAlso okay:heavy / waterlogged

Seed & start

Perennial

Plant once, returns every year.

Stachi's tip

Elderberry grows large (2-3 m) — better in a ground bed. Flowers for cordial, berries edible ONLY when cooked (raw mildly toxic). Pioneer shrub, grows anywhere.

Who is Stachi? →

The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest

Sowing

No sowing weeks recorded.

Transplanting

Harvest

Good neighbours

Saskatoon

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Avoid these neighbours

No known conflicts.

Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Good pre-cultures

Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.

Sources

LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
LWG Bayern (Bayerische Gartenakademie) – Infoschrift Schwarzer Holunder (Sambucus nigra) 3157 (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/mam/cms06/gartenakademie/dateien/3157_info_bf.pdf)

Where these figures come from

Timing: Horticulturally established — consistent across the cited standard works.
Spacing: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Companion planting: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Crop rotation: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Yield: Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.

Sources: LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review · LLM-Baseline-Intercrop · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer · LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage · LWG Bayern (Bayerische Gartenakademie) – Infoschrift Schwarzer Holunder (Sambucus nigra) 3157 (https://www.lwg.bayern.de/mam/cms06/gartenakademie/dateien/3157_info_bf.pdf)

Related plants

Saskatoon

Products mentioned in this post

Plantura organic tomato seed set (10 varieties)Open-pollinated, good germination — robust for raised beds.
Organic tomato seed set, 14 varieties
Organic heirloom tomato seed set (Demeter, 12 varieties)
Organic vegetable seed set, 10 varietiesCucumber, tomato, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, chard & more.