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Survives zone 6 through 9
⚠ MUST BE COOKED (raw berries/leaves/stems toxic); sweeter than red elder — for cordial, wine, jam.
- Hardiness
- Zone 6 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Leaf, Fruit
- Ripens
- Aug–Sept
- Mature size
- Large shrub 3–6 m
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile but better with a 2nd cultivar