Black Lace Elderberry
$5.00 – $10.00
Black Lace Elderberry is an eye-catching European selection that looks like a Japanese maple with its dark purple, deeply cut foliage. This variety grows 6 to 8 feet tall and wide, producing pink flowers and dark purple fruits.
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About Black Lace Elderberry
Black Lace Elderberry is an eye-catching European selection that looks like a Japanese maple with its dark purple, deeply cut foliage. This variety grows 6 to 8 feet tall and wide, producing pink flowers and dark purple fruits.
The Elderberry is a large shrub that is best known for its showy flowers (often made into fritters) and small but abundant, edible, dark blue-purple berries. However, it is also a fantastic attractor of beneficial insects and hummingbirds, can be used as a windbreak or living fence, provides food and shelter for wildlife (especially birds), and is a great pioneer species.
Latin Name: Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’, USPP 15,575, Can 2,633
Type: Cutting grown
Also Known As: Eva European Black Elderberry
Zone: 4-9
Light: 1/2 day to full sun
Pollination: European Elderberries are partially self-fertile. Plant two varieties for heavier crops.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 6-8 ft.
Bloom Time: May
Harvest Time: September
Rootstock: Own roots
Yield: 12-15 lbs
Forest Garden Use: Understory Layer, Shrub Layer
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A guide to choosing the right size
1 Quart = Available for immediate dispatch. Plants are between 3in-36in in height. They are like small plug plants with deep (5in) roots that will get established very quickly.
Bareroot = Field grown plants that have been freshly lifted and supplied with no soil around the roots. Only available during the dormant period November-April.
1 Gallon & larger = Container grown or bare root plants (planted in containers while dormant) and can be planted all year round. Nursery standard container size (also called #1). The size refers to the amount of soil that the container holds which is slightly less than 1 gallon. Please note that at the moment we do not ship gallon and larger plants.