Black Lace® Elder

Categories: Large Shrubs (Deciduous), Plants, Shrubs

Black Lace® Elder (Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’):A most impressive garden shrub with very fine, cutleaf dark purple foliage bordering on black, soft pink flowers look stunning against it in summer; a perfect substitution for Japanese maples where they are not hardy, use in a similar context

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:

10 feet

Average Landscape Width:

8 feet

Growth Rate:

fast

Genus:

Sambucus

Species:

nigra

Cultivar:

Eva

Flower Color:

shell pink

Flower Period:

in early summer

Summer Foliage Color:

dark purple

Minimum Light:

partial shade

Maximum Light:

full sun

Minimum Moisture:

average

Maximum Moisture:

wet

Plant Form:

upright spreading

Canopy:

low

Pruning:

late winter pruning

Pollution Tolerance:

high

Other Species Names:

Common Elder

Branching:

multi-stemmed

Flower Bud Color:

rose

Flower Fragrance:

high

Ornamental Features

Black Lace® Elder features showy clusters of fragrant shell pink flowers held atop the branches in early summer, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds. It has attractive deep purple deciduous foliage. The deeply cut compound leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall color. The deep purple fruits are held in clusters in early fall.

Landscape Attributes

Black Lace® Elder is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.

Planting & Growing

Black Lace® Elder will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Black Lace® Elder

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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Black Lace® Elder

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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