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Black Lace® Elderberry (Sambucus)

SHRUB

Description

  • Enjoy lacy black foliage paired with pink flower clusters.
  • Deer resistant and easy to care for plant from Proven Winners.
  • Make a statement with this stunning and versatile plant.
  • Zones 4-7, sun/part sun, 10′ tall x 10′ wide at maturity.
Zone 4-7
Light part sun/sun
tall

$33.00CAD Each
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$33.00CAD
Size
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Hand-picked at our greenhouse

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Shipped to your door

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Arrives as young plant

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More Information

Description Everyone will ask, "What's that?" when you add Black Lace® elderberry (Sambucus nigra) from Proven Winners to your garden. It's a truly unique looking shrub that makes a statement wherever you plant it between its black, finely cut, lacy foliage and big pink and white flower clusters. Blooms appear in early summer and give off a light, sweet anise scent. They are often used to infuse and flavor water, or you can make your own elderflower champagne. If left on the plant, and a compatible pollinator is nearby, you'll get a crop of black berries that will be relished by birds and other wildlife. Black Lace elderberry from Proven Winners is a versatile plant that can be left to grow into a large shrub, trained into a tree-like habit, or cut back each year to behave more like a foliage perennial (if you choose this method, do note that it won't flower, as it blooms on old wood). It's really up to your imagination how to use this striking plant! If you want berries to form on this elderberry, you need to plant a different variety to pollinate it - you can choose from Black Beauty, Instant Karma, and Laced Up. Plant them anywhere within 50' of another, though closer is preferable to ensure the best pollination. Both plants will get berries. *Berries should only be used for ornamental purposes, not to be ingested. Details How To Grow

Garden Care

Our Guide for Fall Planting

The start of fall may signal the gardening season is coming to a close, but it’s not over yet! There is still plenty of time to enjoy colorful flowers and foliage or even sprinkle in some new perennials and shrubs before winter arrives.

Customer Reviews

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J.w.
Great delivery

The plants were well packaged and delivery was quick.

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S.G. (Texas)

Love the black lace elderberry so far .It’s small but in perfect condition .It arrived the day of last freezing night of the year so I just took out of the box and sat in the kitchen sink for a couple of days and then put in its spot outside .

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P.A. (Washington)
Bad delivery - can't give a rating.

We had been on vacation and got back in the early evening the day the elderberries were delivered. The delivery man left them out in the heat, temps of triple digits. The plants were fried, but we unpackaged them and watered them and babied them. One was a gift, one was for us. We planted the one for us after it started putting out a little bit of new growth, but we got hit with a week of triple digit temps and it didn't survive.

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B.A. (New Mexico)

They are doing great!!!! Thanks for caring

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C.S. (Connecticut)
Healthy plant

The plant arrived in excellent condition, and I am looking forward to the lovely flowers.