2025 NOTE for all bare root orders:
These are NOT AVAILABLE TO SHIP. Yes, they're on my website but the cost and time to ship these is not worth it to me. This online listing is purely for those meeting up or that want to order ahead and secure their numbers. If you order for shipping, I will cancel our order. Meetup at locations below or local pickup at our farm only.
PICKUP for 2025 WILL BE PAYSON UTAH, TAYLORSVILLE UTAH, ROY UTAH AND INKOM IDAHO. THE ORDER WILL BE SHIPPED THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL, 2025 and we estimate they will arrive by friday, april 11th. Please select "local pickup" at checkout and leave in notes where you live and or want to pick up. I will be sending out emails to coordinate as they ship to me and then will set up a meetup date so make sure your email is entered correctly.
EMAILS WILL BE SENT WHEN THE ORDERS ARRIVE. PLEASE PICK UP WITHIN 7 DAYS OF ARRIVAL OR YOU WILL FORFEIT YOUR ORDER and it will get donated.
Also note that when ordering any bare root berry stock, please do NOT add any other store items to your order, such as beeswax candles etc. Your plant order needs to be only plants or I will cancel your order.
It's also helpful when ordering to put in the notes, where you would like to pick up your order. It can be changed but that gives us an idea. Just write it in notes, there is no option to click for where to pick up.
When you pick up your order, they will be wrapped in a plastic bag and should be kept moist and planted within 24 hours or at least healed in. You can soak them in a bucket of water for 24 hours before planting.
All varieties are chosen to do well in Utah, Idaho etc. Down to Zone four.
Why four different choices? We love having a variety. Pick at least two different ones, as they need a different type to pollinate but it's splitting hairs on which ones. Pick two, enjoy and when you want to ad more, get different varieties. If I was buying four. I'd get one of each.
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Bare root elderberry plants from one of our favorite vineyards! These elderberries are great plants. They have a great root structure and are very productive if planted well. And there are SO MANY benefits to having your own fresh elderberries! Here’s a bit of a bio on each variety.
ADAMS ELDERBERRY - Carefree beauty with edible appeal. Vigorous plants have glossy green foliage and in May they develop large white flower-heads. If not harvested first for fritters, tea, or wine, elderflowers develop into exceptional, large fruit clusters in the summer. Fruit contains a high amount of vitamin C and has better, consistent quality than wild elderberries. Cold-hardy. Ripens in August. Best pollinator: any other elderberry variety.
JOHNS ELDERBERRY - Larger berries on more vigorous plants. Fruit ripens about two weeks later than Adams. Carefree plants require little to no spraying. Green foliage has an appealing gloss to add landscape interest to this bush. Giant clusters of white flowers bloom in spring, becoming soft, nearly black berries in late summer. Both the elderflowers and the ripe elderberries are edible. Cold-hardy. Ripens in mid-August. Best pollinator: any other elderberry variety.
