General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 15 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 20 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Berries with bluish-black glaucous, powdery coating
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Pollution
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: Berries are not edible to humans unless cooked.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Blue Elderberry
  • Blue Elder
  • Tapiro
  • Atsiniltl'ish Yilt'aa'i
  • No-kom-he-i'-ne
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sambucus cerulea
  • Synonym: Sambucus nigra subsp. cerulea
  • Synonym: Sambucus californica
  • Synonym: Sambucus velutina
  • Synonym: Sambucus fontenayi

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Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Coastal San Diego County
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2017-04-24
Location: Botanical Garden of Barcelona
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Soda Mountain Road about 1.3 km east northeast of Soda Mountain, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Photo courtesy of: ©2005 Walter Siegmund
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Yellow Fork Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-07-12
Location: Sherwood Oregon
Date: 2014-06-15
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-06-20
Location: City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-09
Just starting to leaf out.
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-04
San Elijo Lagoon
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-04-12
San Elijo Lagoon
Location: sherwood Oregon
Date: 2014-06-15
Plant Events from our members
Retro67 On May 19, 2024 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Retro67 On October 10, 2023 Transplanted
Planted 2 of these I got from seed packing party as divisions. Not certain they are in fact cerulea.
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