RHS AGM variety - Gorgeous black tree with summer flowers - Autumn berries - Attracts wildlife.
Black elder is a dramatic dark leaved shrub with summer flowers and autumn berries, one of our shrubs for wildlife in the UK, grown peat-free in Wales.
Elderberry is a deciduous shrub or tree growing up to 4 meters high and wide. The European black elderberry produces umbels of soft pink fragrant flowers in the summer followed by dark purple edible berries in the autumn. The berries can be used to make wine, jam and syrup. Grows up to 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. Will attract birds and butterflies. Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace' holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM), given to plants that perform reliably in UK gardens.
Frost Hardy Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height: Comes up to 30 cm tall
Flowering: May - June
Berries July - October
1.5 Litre pot
Elder will look great in city and courtyard gardens as well as coastal, cottage and informal gardens, wildlife gardens and in flower borders, beds and rockeries and as a hedging plant. Grows well in full sun or part shade sheltered from the wind. Can be grown outdoors or indoors. Elders thrive in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soils.
- Summer Flowering
- Edible berries
- Dark Foliage
- Fast growing
- Easy to grow
- Grows well in sun or shade
- Frost hardy
- RHS AGM variety
- Great pollinating plant
🌱 Grown Sustainably in Wales
All of our plants are grown locally at our Wenvoe nursery using sustainable practices: peat-free organic soil, rainwater irrigation, and zero pesticides or herbicides. All plants are shipped in recycled pots within 48 hours once ordered. Good for your garden, good for the planet.
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