Hedging your bets (or betting your hedges)

Normally we would not advise planting Elder (Sambucus nigra) in any form of hedging. It is a bit of a thug. But a couple of bushes - Elderberry Trees - planted in hedging or elsewhere will produce enough flowers to keep even a gluttonous family like ours in elderflower cordial all year (by the way, the gluttony includes giving bottles to our friends and family).

This is our family recipe, and we think it makes the best elder flower cordial we have ever tasted.