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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

I ordered 3 elderberries from here:
http://www.polkaraspberry.com/elderberries.htm
(new varieties, healthy plants, good price) and I'm wondering where to put 
them. My choices are as a foundation planting by the east side of the house, 
(although my husband says bushes next to a house make house maintenance 
difficult) or on the west side of our neighbor's buckthorn woods, (which is 
pretty wet in spring, and currently used as a deer highway.) Any opinions? 
How well do elderberries deal with wet soil? If we do put them by the house, 
how far should they be?

Melissa
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> I ordered 3 elderberries from here:
> http://www.polkaraspberry.com/elderberries.htm
> (new varieties, healthy plants, good price) and I'm wondering where  
> to put them. My choices are as a foundation planting by the east  
> side of the house, (although my husband says bushes next to a house  
> make house maintenance difficult) or on the west side of our  
> neighbor's buckthorn woods, (which is pretty wet in spring, and  
> currently used as a deer highway.) Any opinions? How well do  
> elderberries deal with wet soil? If we do put them by the house, how  
> far should they be?
>
> Melissa

Elderberries steadily spread outwards, so if you plant them 10 feet  
from the house, in several years there will be suckers growing right  
up against the house.  If you can mow between the house and the bush,  
that should keep them in check.  They occasionally send up a sucker  
several feet away, but they are few enough that pulling them out is  
easy.

It's my impression that they can tolerate wet soil, and I see them  
growing in ditches sometimes.  I think next to the woods is a better  
choice, but I don't know how much damage the deer will do.

Alex



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