PL#163
Black Lace
Sambucus 'Eva'
With Black Lace® elderberry, you get the deep color and fine texture of a Japanese Maple but on a much hardier and more durable plant. This elderberry boasts finely dissected purple-black foliage, and in early summer, wide, lacey pink flowers will pop against the dark foliage. When planted near another cultivar of Sambucus nigra , the pink flowers will turn into edible black berries. This large shrub is a great choice for a specimen, but it can also be used in groupings and borders. Black Lace® elderberry has enormous appeal at retail and in the landscape, and it’s super tough, tolerating black walnut, deer, and drought.
Public reference
- Genus
- Sambucus
- Species
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- Cultivar
- Eva
- Trade name
- BLACK LACE
- Hardiness zones
- 4–7 (USDA)
- Mature height
- 6–10 ft
- Mature width
- 6–10 ft
- Description
- With Black Lace® elderberry, you get the deep color and fine texture of a Japanese Maple but on a much hardier and more durable plant. This elderberry boasts finely dissected purple-black foliage, and in early summer, wide, lacey pink flowers will pop against the dark foliage. When planted near another cultivar of Sambucus nigra , the pink flowers will turn into edible black berries. This large shrub is a great choice for a specimen, but it can also be used in groupings and borders. Black Lace® elderberry has enormous appeal at retail and in the landscape, and it’s super tough, tolerating black walnut, deer, and drought.
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- Deciduous / evergreen
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- Deer resistant
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- Rodent resistant
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- Thornless
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- Has seed pods
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- Asexual propagation forbidden
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