Again a native plant here, in Bulgaria. Not as invasive as some others. It once grew all over our plot, but since we have been mowing it ...Read Moreon a regular basis, this plant has lost its vigour. It does appear in a few spots, but isn't terribly aggresive. Just pulling its stems makes it disappear for a while until it regrows from its very long, creeping horizontal roots. If you manage to pull those out of the soil you won't be bothered by dwarf elder for some time.
Otherwise, it grows here primarily in ditches and waste places, abandoned farmland and the like.
This plant is native to Europe, preferring the south, rare in the north. An introduction to the UK.
It bears a striking resemblanc...Read Moree to S nigra, except in stature and growth habit. It has heads of pink tinged white flowers with purple stamens in June and July followed by poisonous, though luscious looking, black fruit in August to October. The leaves are similar to S nigra, but narrower and more sharply toothed. They also have a very strong smell.
Around me in SW France it is a very common plant in ditches and hedgerows.
I would like to add the note that this plant is an herbaceous perennial, not a shrub. Unusual in the elder family.
Again a native plant here, in Bulgaria. Not as invasive as some others. It once grew all over our plot, but since we have been mowing it ...Read More
This plant is native to Europe, preferring the south, rare in the north. An introduction to the UK.
It bears a striking resemblanc...Read More