Bob Gordon Elderberry Ornamental Young trees grow best if

Young trees grow best if given a lot of water in summer

Amazing flavor

Pollination: Bloom group 3 Midseason

to avoid lapsing into a biennial bearing pattern

slipskin variety prized for making juice

Bob Gordon Elderberry Ornamental Young trees grow best ifSambucus canadensis 'Bob Gordon' Bob Gordon selected this very productive cultivar with large clusters of flavorful purple berries in 1999 in Osceola, Missouri, and it has become a staple of a regional elderberry growing industry. This variety grows 8' or more tall and is loaded with clusters of fruit that droop down, usually below the foliage. This keeps birds from robbing fruit from the bushes, making this variety particularly valuable for growers