1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants, Fruits, Herbs, Shrubs
Cactus or Succulent
1.3 Origin
Australia, South America
Southwestern United States, Mexico
1.4 Types
Adams Elderberry, Black Beauty Elderberry, Black Lace Elderberry, Johns Elderberry, Nova Elderberry
Dasylirion acrotrichum, Dasylirion berlandieri, Dasylirion cedrosanum
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Farms, Homesteads, Near organic waste disposal
Desert, Dry areas, Rocky areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Rosette/Stemless
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
9.00 cm17.78 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
Not Available
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow green
Green, Blue Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Green, Blue Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Early Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Part sun
Full Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Slightly Acidic
Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring
Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings
Leaf Cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering, Use Mulches to help prevent water loss during hot and windy weather
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
Loam, Sand
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Part sun
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Cut or pinch the stems, No pruning needed in the early stages, Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in winter, Prune ocassionally, Remove deadheads
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Fertilzer with low nitrogen content
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Canker, Leaf spot, Powdery mildew, Stem spot, Tomato Ringspot Virus
Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Birds
Bees, Butterflies, Not Available
5.12 Allergy
Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Ground Cover
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
constipation, Fever, Heart problems, High cholestrol, HIV/AIDS, Nerve pain, swine flu
Not Available
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Fruits
Not Available
6.2.3 Other Uses
Not Available
useful as a ground cover
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Not Available
Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Sambucus nigra
DASYLIRION berlandieri
7.2 Common Name
Elderberry
Blue Giant, Blue Twister, Desert Spoon, Zaragosa
7.2.1 In Hindi
Elderberry
Blue Giant Grass
7.2.2 In German
Holunderbeere
Blue Giant Grass
7.2.3 In French
7.2.4 In Spanish
7.2.5 In Greek
Elderberry
Μπλε Giant Grass
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Sabugueiro
Blue Grass gigante
7.2.7 In Polish
Bez czarny
Błękitny Gigant Trawa
7.2.8 In Latin
Elderberry
Giant herba blue
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Not Available
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Nolinoideae
8.10 Number of Species