Huge creamy-white flower clusters are followed by heavy crops of dark purple-black berries. 'Wyldewood' can flower over a long period and is an excellent variety for jam, jelly and juice. - Elderberries do well in our area. Elderberries produce more fruit when 2 or more varieties are used to cross-pollinate each other. They prefer fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Elderberries grow tall, and can be pruned to the ground to regrow or left as a bush. They can produce fruit either way.