Bare Root American Elderberry Tree Sambucus canadensis - Fully Rooted Live Plant with Edible Berries

American Elderberry Tree (Sambucus canadensis) - Bare Root Live Plant

Grow your own American Elderberry with this fully rooted bare root plant, ready to be planted in your garden. This native shrub is valued for its dark purple berries, which are perfect for making jams, syrups, and wines. The elderberry also produces fragrant white flowers that attract pollinators, enhancing the ecological value of your garden.

Key Features

• Fully rooted bare root American Elderberry plant
• Produces edible dark purple berries
• Fragrant white flowers attract pollinators
• Thrives in full sun to partial shade
• Adaptable to various well-draining soil types
• Hardy and low-maintenance

Growing Information

This elderberry plant grows best in well-draining soil and requires moderate watering, especially until established. It tolerates a range of soil types and prefers full sun to partial shade. The plant has a moderate growth rate and reaches a mature size of 6 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide. Suitable for USDA hardiness zones 3 through 8, it is ideal for edible landscaping, wildlife gardens, and fruit production.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.