Correct addy?~Question about placement of Elderberry tree aka Sambucus nigra

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Hi all:

 

Haven't been active on any of my lists in a long time due to health, etc. 

 

During that time, my noted addy for this group was ATFE2@, nowadays my digest is

coming into my spam list as ATFE without the 2.  Is this correct?  issue

or a change?

 

Do admit to erasing some digests when the inbox was too full during the last

year or so. <Blush>

 

Have made a change to my addy book that looks like the above. Will wait to see

if this comes thru. ;0)

 

Good to see some of your posts to do a quick catch up.

 

Do have a question for those of you with 100% recall....Somewhere in one of my

books it tells where on your property is the best place for Elder Sambucus nigra

to be placed.  One or two have arrived next to my kitchen window in a flower bed

on the NW-N side of the house.  Was thinking it was SW for protection as per old

wives tales.   Course the one on the SW was hit by lightening and ruined. 

Definitely want to place this or these in the best place in the near future. 

Was delighted to have them show up, but they must now be moved.  Thank you birds

for this showing.

 

One tale says the Sambucus nigra will watch over your other herbs.

 

Thanks for any input & my best to you and yours,

deb

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Deb, nice to see you again. Hope your health is improved and you're

doing better.

 

We have many Sambacus on our property; they pop up all over. I don't think

there is any rhyme or reason for where they will thrive, except maybe soil

considerations. I don't see any in the heavy clay part of our property where

drainage is a problem. They seem to sprout next to old stumps, which means

birds or likely squirrels deposit the seeds. Most of ours are in the open

(not necessarily at the sheltered edge of woods) with good light source.

They are very hardy and stand up to our high winds. I like to cut them

fairly severely and annual new growth can get up to 14-15 ft. I have one

that I ignored and over several years it probably got to 18-25 ft. You want

to give them lots of room, and probably up to 4-6 hours sun. I wouldn't

plant them where sun gets extreme and too dry in late summer. I've never

tried to transplant as we always have so many I don't need to. You might

look around your property and see if you've got some new ones coming up, in

which case, if your transplant fails, you at least have some new ones.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. " - Winston

Churchill

 

 

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ATFE [ATFE ] On Behalf Of

Deborah Swanson

Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:52 AM

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Correct addy?~Question about placement of Elderberry tree

aka Sambucus nigra

 

 

 

 

Hi all:

 

Haven't been active on any of my lists in a long time due to health, etc.

 

During that time, my noted addy for this group was ATFE2@, nowadays my

digest is coming into my spam list as ATFE without the 2. Is this correct?

issue or a change?

 

Do admit to erasing some digests when the inbox was too full during the last

year or so. <Blush>

 

Have made a change to my addy book that looks like the above. Will wait to

see if this comes thru. ;0)

 

Good to see some of your posts to do a quick catch up.

 

Do have a question for those of you with 100% recall....Somewhere in one of

my books it tells where on your property is the best place for Elder

Sambucus nigra to be placed. One or two have arrived next to my kitchen

window in a flower bed on the NW-N side of the house. Was thinking it was

SW for protection as per old wives tales. Course the one on the SW was

hit by lightening and ruined. Definitely want to place this or these in the

best place in the near future. Was delighted to have them show up, but they

must now be moved. Thank you birds for this showing.

 

One tale says the Sambucus nigra will watch over your other herbs.

 

Thanks for any input & my best to you and yours,

deb