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Redbuds Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries
- From: Sharon Gordon <gordonse@one.net>
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- Subject: Redbuds Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:22:29 -0500
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I have a book on California native shrubs; it mentions that elderberry is often found in the company of Western redbud here, a tall (10-20') deciduous N-fixer shrub. I am currently trying that association out on my own property.
There is also an Eastern redbud. Redbud has lovely-colored flowers in the spring and colored leaves in the fall; it would make a nice ornamental and mulch-producing plant, as well as possible animal forage on the seed pods. I don't know what would eat redbud seed pods though.
Humans can eat the flowers of eastern or western redbuds raw or pickled like capers.
They are high in Vitamin C, which is helpful that early in the year.
The western seedpods and seeds are edible when cooked. Don't know about
eastern ones.
If by chance, you live somewhere that you can get a variety of dogwood that blooms
at the same time as your redbud, this is a beautiful thing to see.
Sharon
gordonse@one.net
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[permaculture] propagating elderberries,
Robert Waldrop, 02/17/2002
- Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries, Graham Burnett, 02/17/2002
- Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries, georg parlow, 02/17/2002
- Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries and Front Yard, Sharon Gordon, 02/17/2002
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Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries,
Robert Waldrop, 02/17/2002
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Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries,
Loren Davidson, 02/18/2002
- Redbuds Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries, Sharon Gordon, 02/18/2002
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Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries,
Loren Davidson, 02/18/2002
- Re: [permaculture] propagating elderberries, Robert Waldrop, 02/18/2002
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