Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . Professor Greg Reighard, Clemson researcher and international fruit specialist, explained that elderberries are primarily wind-pollinated. Although the flowers are extraordinarily showy, which you think would be a sign that they are attracting all sorts of pollinators, don’t produce nectar so insect visitors are only be collecting pollen. Still, their value to wildlife is high as the hundreds of dark purple fruits