Hard pruning can rejuvenate older and wilder bushes or be used as a tactic to control the size of plants. Hard pruning of ...

Most of the time I work hard to achieve a desirable outcome in my landscape but, from time to time, a plant comes along that is easy to establish and ...

The elderberry’s small size stands in contrast to its potential effects on the Ozarks – and beyond. In 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture granted a more than $5 million Specialty Crop ...

He also estimated about 800 bushes, but only about half of them are mature. It takes about three years for an elderberry bush to mature. “They grow well natively,” Paige said.

Elderberry products are now a $320 million a year business in the U.S., according to the American Botanical Council. ... Alan Helland walks down a row between elderberry bushes on his farm.

Elderberries are native to the Midwest, but the commercial cultivation of the crop is relatively recent, and saw a big increase during the coronavirus pandemic. That has the burgeoning industry ...