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Elder Good or Bad

DogbowlDogbowl Posts: 88
in Problem solving
Greetings all
                 Going through my tin of old seed packets looking for something to grow. I have No compost of any kind and very little soil to be found in our paved garden.
But I have come across a packet of Common Elder ( a wedding favour of several years ago ) should I plant these just because I can ?? I always thought Elder bushes to be more of a weed than a prized plant !! ( Yes I am aware of the old saying that a weed is only a plant in the wrong place )

So should I or should'nt I  ?????

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    No, unless you have many acres and plenty of wild spaces.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Maybe just one.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DogbowlDogbowl Posts: 88
    Kind of what I thought to be honest

    How about Orange pips will they grow ?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Apparently you can cut a tomato in half and bung it in a pot of compost.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DogbowlDogbowl Posts: 88
    common elder
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    The elder TREE is fairly harmless and useful for its flowers (wine and cordial) and berries.  What I call GROUND elder is evidently edible but is a very invasive weed that can be a nuisance.  COMMON elder isn't a term I recognise.
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