Elder buds ( Sambucus niger )

Another of my Saturday "walk to the bins" shots.  It is always a surprise to me that in that short walk, 3 or 400 steps round trip, I manage to find something to blip.

Today it was the new shoots on Elder which caught my eye.  While I was looking for a good angle to get the 3 or 4cm long stems nicely framed, I noticed flower buds.  It isn't something I have noticed before, but then again it isn't something I have looked for.  

Elder is one of those plants you never know whether to call a bush or a tree.  However, they can live up to 60 years and reach heights of 15m.  Both the flowers and the berries are used by foragers for such things as wines and cordials..