'Black Lace' Elderberry

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Black Lace® elderberry is a perfectly stylish addition to your landscape.

Intense purple black foliage is finely cut like lace, giving it an effect similar to that of Japanese maple. Indeed, some designers are using it in place of more sensitive plants since Black Lace is extremely durable and adaptable. Pink flowers in early summer contrast with the dark leaves for a stunning effect and give way to black berries if a compatible pollinator is planted nearby. Awards: Silver Medal, Royal Boskoop Horticulture Society.

Top reasons to grow Black Lace® elderberry:

- unique lacy black foliage is unlike anything else in the landscape

- pink flowers in early summer look chic against the black foliage

- tough and adaptable plant grows in a range of challenging conditions

 

Best Seller
Produces Berries
Foliage Interest
Fall Interest
Attracts: 
Birds
Resists: 
Deer

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 
 Shrub
 
Shrub Type: 
 Deciduous
 
Height Category: 
 Tall
 
Garden Height: 
 72 - 96 Inches
 
Spacing: 
 84 - 108 Inches
 
Spread: 
 72 - 96 Inches
 
Flower Colors: 
 Pink
 
Flower Shade: 
 Pink
 
Foliage Colors: 
 Purple
 
Foliage Shade: 
 Black/Purple
 
Habit: 
 Upright
 
Container Role: 
 Thriller

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 
 Part Sun to Sun
 
 Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 
 Moderate
Blooms On: 
 Old Wood
Bloom Time: 
 Early Summer
Hardiness Zones: 
 5a5b6a6b7a7b
Water Category: 
 Average
Uses: 
 Border Plant
 
 Container
 
 Landscape
 
 Specimen or Focal Point
Uses Notes: 
 

This beautiful, versatile shrub works in just about any landscape setting or as a potted shrub on the patio. Good in groupings or masses, or perennial and shrub borders. Makes a nice specimen or screen. Good in wet soils.

PLEASE NOTE: To produce berries, you'll need a Black Beauty®, Instant Karma®, or Laced Up® elderberry as a pollinator

Maintenance Notes: 
 

According to the Humane Society of America, elderberry can be toxic to pets if consumed.

Best in moist soil although will tolerate dry soils. Thrives under acid or alkaline soils. Best if pruned immediately after blooming. May be pruned to the ground each year and grown like a perennial. Fertilize in early spring by applying a granular fertilizer formulated for trees and shrubs. Follow the label for the recommended rate of application.

The color on Black Lace elderberry is best in cool climates; in hot areas, it may grow primarily green foliage.

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