Elderberry - Deeper Thoughts on Pruning

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• MR

  @MrLanceDaily · 2 years ago

  I’m using elderberry as a privacy hedge in my suburban backyard. The birds love them.<br>I’ve always pruned them neatly to stay in the neighborhood’s good graces but it seems I was helping the plants remain vigorous as well. Good video!

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• GR

  @growshakephil · 2 years ago

  That cutting for regrowth advice is exactly what I needed. My 50+ elders appreciate it.

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• WI

  @wilderfarmstead · 2 years ago

  A much needed video. Thanks for sharing your observations. 20 years of knowledge fast tracked.

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• JE

  @jenniferclark5852 · 2 years ago

  We have over 100 elderberry bushes for 7 years and we too feel like we’re still learning in our food forest. Thanks for this walk through of all your coppice, pollarding and other pruning approaches. 🎉

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• AW

  @awakenacres · 2 years ago

  I also noticed my older elderberries thinning out. Thanks for the info!

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• AN

  @anitapenney4990 · 2 years ago

  💓💓💓 now I know where Ive gone wrong Many thanks

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• CH

  @cherylbertolini3140 · 2 years ago

  I grew them for the first time two years ago from cuttings and cut them down to the ground last year and thy are huge and have an abundance of flowers:)

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• SK

  @Skyhawk1480 · 1 year ago

  Where I live in Canada (zone 4b) there is no need to prune to rejuvenate cultivars like Scotia. &nbsp;They die back to the ground every winter and remerge from the root crown the following spring. &nbsp;That new growth creates a cute roundish bush about 10 feet high by the end of June, with dozens upon dozens of flower clusters that make it look quite ornamental.

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• CR

  @Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor · 2 years ago

  Your neighbour has plenty of privacy now! That 4 years old planting looks amazing!🤗💛🤗

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• PE

  @peterellis4262 · 2 years ago

  My older plantings have decided that this is their year to really take off, I&apos;ve got a foot or more of growth on several of them, some from cuttings from roadside plants near our site, some that we got from Black Creek Farm and Nursery. Flower buds on at least one for the first time. It looks like many of the cuttings we got from you this spring are &nbsp;leafed out and hopefully working to establish themselves this year before taking off next year! :)

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• JD

  @jdizzle-f6h · 2 years ago

  On your advice I hard cut my elderberry shrubs this last winter and boy oh boy, I can second everything you say here.

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• DE

  @debiebrumley3104 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I accidently planted 2 different elderberry&apos;s in my garden a little close together and after you said to cut them back I did and oh my goodness !!!! I have enough berries for all my neighbors , they are so full !!!! I am in N Texas where it is very hot and they seem to love it ! Oh and I now have about 20 plants out around my garden , thanks to your showing me how to multiply!!!!!

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