Skip to product information
American Elderberry (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$191.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $191.00 | $7.64 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $162.35 | $6.49 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $143.25 | $5.73 |
| 24 bundles and up | $124.15 | $4.97 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Only need a few? This page is wholesale, sold by the bundle. For smaller numbers, order our American Elderberry (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: American Elderberry is a fast, fruiting shrub rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | American elder, common elderberry, elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 9. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 6 to 10 ft tall, suckering |
| Pollination | Partially self-fertile. Two or more seedlings crop much better. |
| Spacing | 4 to 6 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Fruiting hedges, wildlife plantings, ditch banks and low ground, syrup, jelly and wine |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 25 plants to a bundle. Size: 10-24 in. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
American Elderberry puts on several feet a year and can fruit the second summer.
Origin & History
Native to eastern and central North America.
Fruit & Uses
Big white flower heads in early summer turn to heavy clusters of purple black berries for syrup, jelly and wine, and for dozens of kinds of birds. Cook the berries before eating.
Growth Habit
Fast, suckering, cane forming shrub, 6 to 10 ft. Tops can die back in a hard winter and regrow from the base.
Spacing
Plant 4 to 6 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 100 to 150 ft of row.
Pollination
Insect-pollinated. Different seedlings pollenize each other, which a bundle takes care of.
Cold hardiness
We rate American Elderberry to zone 2, winters to -50°F. It fruits on new wood, so winter dieback doesn't cost the crop.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about American Elderberry
How cold hardy is American Elderberry?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant American Elderberry?
4 to 6 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping.
Photos: “2024-08-04 15 04 35 Elderberry fruit along Mountain View Road in the Mountainview section of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey” by Famartin, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
More Plants Like This
Best For