Sambucus canadensis prophouse-on-the-horizon plant American basswood as a

plant American basswood as a large shade tree for a park

The wild azaleas of the Southern woods have been admired for generations as bush honeysuckles

Chinquapin is the chestnut family's word for a small sweet nut

organic floor of a woodland understory

sometimes shallowly three-lobed and carried on long stalks

Sambucus canadensis prophouse-on-the-horizon plant American basswood as a3 Gallon, pick up only. Some plants seem woven into the memory of the land, and Sambucus canadensis, the American elderberry, is one of them. Found along fence rows, creek banks, and the forgotten edges of old fields, this native shrub has long kept company with the settler's dooryard and the woodland wanderer's path alike, as useful as it is familiar. A generous grower, the elderberry rises in loose thickets of arching canes, crowned in early summer