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amberspyamberspy Posts: 379
edited June 2020 in Plants
Does anyone know what this plant is 
it’s in friends garden was there when she moved in 

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,242
    1. Looks like Sambucus nigra...elderberry.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • amberspyamberspy Posts: 379
    Silver surfer said:
    1. Looks like Sambucus nigra...elderberry.

    thank u 
    can u eat the berries 

  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,242
    Good for elderberry wine .
    But they taste horrid otherwise.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,120
    I absolutely love them in jam, but you need to strain the seeds.
  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 558
    Better to use the flowers in cordial!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,779
    I use the flowers in a gooseberry crumble ... or elderflower fritters ... delicious
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