Yesterday’s wind and rain caused my pretty Sambucus Nigra to bow with severally of the thinner branches almost bending in half
By Arbuthnot
Buckinghamshire,
United Kingdom 
Yesterday’s wind and rain caused my pretty Sambucus Nigra to bow with several of the thinner branches almost bending in half. Today I cut them off and saved some for indoors. Big mistake! The stench was awful, like something rotting. I couldn’t take them outside quick enough so now they’re in the garden bin and I shall try to keep away from it until it’s been emptied. How can such a pretty shrub/tree stink so badly?
Instead, I picked my peonies which were also bending in sorrow. I KNOW they will be ok.
19 Jun, 2021
Answers
A healthy plant should recover in a couple days on its own. I wouldn't cut the branches at all unless they literally snapped.
20 Jun, 2021
flies often pollinate them hence the less than pleasant smell.
dont you find the paeonies always looks wonderful then it rains and spoils them.
19 Jun, 2021