Elderberry rooted cutting 'Kent' - Sambucus
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The American elderberry is a magnificent, productive, and decorative shrub. It has a fast growth rate and produces fruit in the fall. It is a self-fertile shrub that benefits from being grown with different cultivars. The fruit is edible cooked or dehydrated. The cultivars offered have characteristics for interesting commercial as well as ornamental production. It is often used as a natural dye and in the production of juice blends.
The Kent variety is the earliest and produces rather small, quite sweet fruits, with a flavor reminiscent of blackberry and blackcurrant. The branches droop at the first harvest.
The recommended spacing between plants is 2 meters.
Height: Approx. 2 meters
Width: Approx. 1 meter
Hardiness Zone: 3a
Flowering period: Late June-July
Harvest period: September