Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis: Elderberry: ENH-736/ST578, 12/2018

Abstract

A fast-growing deciduous shrub, American Elder suckers quite easily and is often seen as a broad, spreading, multistemmed plant with bright green, pinnately compound, 12 to 14-inch-long leaves arranged along the arching branches. But it can be effectively pruned into a nice, small, single or multi-stemmed, small, flowering tree but needs regular pruning to remove suckers growing from the
base of the plant. Original publication date November 1993.