Ocoee

Ocoee is an American elderberry cultivar released through the University of Missouri elderberry breeding program, one of several selections developed to give growers regionally adapted, productive plants. Like its program siblings Bob Gordon and Wyldewood, Ocoee was chosen for good yields and dependable fruiting of dark, juice-rich berries suited to syrup, juice, and wine production. It forms a vigorous shrub that crops reliably across the central and eastern United States and benefits from cross-pollination with other elderberry cultivars. Growers value the Missouri-bred selections for their consistency and adaptation to commercial-scale plantings. Ocoee rounds out a mixed elderberry planting well, contributing steady production of good-quality fruit for both home and market use in temperate climates.