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Elder

Daisyduckworth
20 years ago

I have a huge list of companion planting suggestions, but nowhere can I find any reference to Elder, and its effects on other plants growing nearby.

I have an elder tree in my small garden, in which I grow only herbs and a few vegetables. As the tree has become larger, I'm finding that everything growing with several metres of it has died, leaving quite an area which is just dirt! I know it has a busy root system, but even surface-growing plants don't survive. Has anyone had experience with elder, and found the same, and is there SOMETHING I can grow near it? I'd prefer herbs if possible - I'm not into ornamentals, because I just don't have the space to spare for something I can't use.

I'm in the subtropics, in Australia, where Elder is an introduced plant, and the area I'm concerned about it quite shady.

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