Red Elderberry vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac - TreeTime.ca

Red Elderberry vs Madame Lemoine White Lilac

Syringa vulgaris Madame Lemoine

Sambucus racemosa

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Madame Lemoine White Lilac
Red Elderberry

Madame Lemoine White Lilac is great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Winner of the Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, the Madame Lemoine White Lilac has fragrant white flowers that are great for cutting and blue-green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. This attractive shrub is also deer resistant.

Red Elderberry is an attractive, medium-sized deciduous shrub.

It produces clusters of white flowers in the spring and bright red berry-like drupes, which provide beautiful contrast against its coarse, textured green foliage.

Red Elder can be pruned as a small single or multi-stemmed tree.

Note: This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using Red Elderberry seeds at SeedTime.ca.

Madame Lemoine White Lilac Quick Facts

Red Elderberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: bright red berries
Flowers: white, fragrant
Flowers: white
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none




Toxicity: toxic to humans
Other Names: madame lemoine french lilac, mme lemoine lilac
Other Names: red elder