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T21. Sambucus nigra 'Eva' BLACK LACETM
Elderberry (cultivar)
Hardiness: USDA 4–7
Full sun to partial shade
Moist soil
Native
6–8 feet tall
The black lacy foliage of this elderberry cultivar provides excellent contrast to borders, screens, and hedges. Reaching 6 to 8 feet tall, the shrub puts out showy pink lemon-scented flowers on flat-topped cymes in midsummer and dark red elderberries later in the season. The flowers bloom on the current season's growth, so the plant can be pruned to any purpose in the spring and still produce flowers and fruit. Resembling the Japanese maple with its compound pinnate foliage, BLACK LACETM adapts to many soils, and full sun will bring out its richest dark purple foliage.
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