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Description:
Black Elder is an extraordinarily resistant shrub with nicely shaped leaves. Leaves have a matt green colour and they consist of a number of small leaflets. At the beginning of summer elder produces abundant and quite large inflorescences of very aromatic small flowers. They later develop into small black berries and become a food of choice for several species of birds. They are also often used to produce elder wine and syrups. The inflorescences can also used for production of delicious aromatic elder lemonade and syrup. The black elder grows well even at dry an shady locations and in poor soils. It belongs to the most resistant native species of shrubs in Central Europe and can easily be propagated by seeds. It reaches a maximal height of 2-3m and width of 1 metre at maturity.