Marionberry cobbler (with ice cream) is fantastic. Raspberries on the CEO’s granola are healthy and tasty. Fresh strawberries in a smoothie are super. Blueberry and cashew pancakes make a wonderful ...
It is spring and my elder or elderberry tree, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea is in full bloom. These beautiful white blooms bring back memories from before I lived in Texas. Growing up, elders were ...
While we were driving on some rural roads in South Georgia last week, thickets of blooming, white-flowered elderberry shrubs seemed to be growing everywhere along the roadsides. When I see such scenes ...
When I worked at Penn State at the Horticultural Research Farm off of state Route 45, I would always take note of a large elderberry shrub growing at one corner of a barn where we stored and graded ...
As indigenous peoples across the world discovered eons ago, every part of the elderberry plant serves a purpose for our survival. The tart, tiny fruits are loaded with illness-fighting nutrients. The ...
Most of the time I work hard to achieve a desirable outcome in my landscape but, from time to time, a plant comes along that is easy to establish and care for without being too aggressive, is ...