My two elderberry bushes arrive in the mail yesterday. Now I just have to wait for the best planting weather.
My two elderberry bushes arrived in the mail yesterday. It's a good thing they arrived in the cold weather and not last week's scorching sauna, otherwise I'd be tempted to plant them now. I'll wait until the weekend or next week to get them in the ground.
These were a request from my wife. I honestly have never had elderberries but they are supposedly very good and very good for you. Here's a link to Gurney's where I bought them.
They arrived in small cardboard pots about 4-inches across but they already have some nice greenery growing. These bushes will eventually get 10-12 feet tall. Where I'm planting them gets plenty of sun but it is a tad wet for most of the year. I need to do some tilling and add in some sand and compost to get the soil some better drainage. Here's a great link on planting and caring for elderberries.