Bailey from TN Nursery shows elderberry shrubs that attract birds and pollinators, grow fast, and tolerate drought. High in vitamin C and fiber, they work for jams and wines. The bark, roots, and berries have medicinal uses, and they clean air while preventing soil erosion.
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Hey guys, it's Bailey with TN Nursery, and I wanted to show y'all our elderberry. They're going to berries now, and you see birds in these elderberries that you never see. We see red-winged blackbirds, uh, goldfinches, but them are plentiful around here, mountain birds. And look at the seed. Now these is the shrubs we get the Live Stakes from. So if you order Live Stakes, this is the bushes that they're coming off of. And they attract tons of butterflies and pollinators. They're drought tolerant. They're high in vitamin C and fiber. These berries are— and they're the one of the best edible choices for landscaping. The barks— the bark and the roots and the berries are used in medicine. They're one of the most, uh, air-cleaning plants we have. They clean the air better than any other shrub that we offer. Now, live stakes are very easy to grow. These kind are— these live stakes are some of the easiest ones that you can choose to put in your garden to grow. And, uh, let me see here, uh, they're native to North America and Europe only. Uh, let's see, let me find a big pretty cluster. There's some berries that ain't ripe yet. They reduce soil erosion and one of the fastest growing shrubs They're great for a privacy screen. You can use the berries in jams, wines, jellies, syrups. They're often used in, uh, native reforestation projects. And the berries and the roots and the bark is a staple in medicine. And these are the plants we get the cuttings off of. They're just beautiful. Look at these big clusters of seeds. If you need some elderberry cuttings, we will have them ready for you this a while. I know that a lot's already been pre-ordered. Just beautiful. If you want to attract all kinds of birds and stuff you don't never see, elderberry is how to do that.
