Elder tree
Tree Shop Ltd.
Harts Barn
Monmouth Road
Longhope, GL17 0QD, UK
Phone: 01452 832 100
This is an outer woodland edge shrub or small tree providing low shelter by lifting the wind and disturbing the air flow. It is a bushy native species which grows rapidly when young. It is floriferous in June with numerous creamy-white flat cymes. These are followed by juicy purple-black berries in dense heavy clusters. The name ÔellerÕ was given to elder in several counties from Kent to Cheshire. This Anglo-Saxon word means ÔkindlerÕ and refers to the use of a hollow elder stem as bellows to kindle a fire. The Greek name Sambuke is a reference to the musical use of the hollow stems.
Registered in England No. 330177. Vat No. GB275101483.
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