Sambucus nigra (Elderberry)
Color Name: Laced Up®
An elderberry like no other! Laced Up is beautiful and has an amazing narrow, upright habit that takes up only a few square feet of ground. Feathery black foliage covers broomstick-straight stems that shoot toward the sky but stay in a narrow column. Early summer brings hundreds of pink flowers to contrast with the leaves. It's an exotic looking plant that's surprisingly hardy and easy to grow!
Growing Tips: If fruit is desired, plant with Black Beauty, Instant Karma, or Laced Up elderberry. Both flowers and ripe berries are edible; however, foliage and stems are toxic.
Soil: Extremely adaptable to soil pH and moisture levels.
Pruning: Blooms on old wood. However, pruning after bloom will remove the potential for fruit to set.
Uses: Grow either as a shrub or cut it back every year and make it into a bold perennial. Outstanding as a specimen, but also good in groupings and masses, perennial and shrub borders, as a specimen or screen.
Photo courtesy of Spring Meadow, Inc.
An elderberry like no other! Laced Up is beautiful and has an amazing narrow, upright habit that takes up only a few square feet of ground. Feathery black foliage covers broomstick-straight stems that shoot toward the sky but stay in a narrow column. Early summer brings hundreds of pink flowers to contrast with the leaves. It's an exotic looking plant that's surprisingly hardy and easy to grow!
Growing Tips: If fruit is desired, plant with Black Beauty, Instant Karma, or Laced Up elderberry. Both flowers and ripe berries are edible; however, foliage and stems are toxic.
Soil: Extremely adaptable to soil pH and moisture levels.
Pruning: Blooms on old wood. However, pruning after bloom will remove the potential for fruit to set.
Uses: Grow either as a shrub or cut it back every year and make it into a bold perennial. Outstanding as a specimen, but also good in groupings and masses, perennial and shrub borders, as a specimen or screen.
Photo courtesy of Spring Meadow, Inc.
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Flower Color: Pink Shades Foliage Color: Black/Purple Shades
Height: 6 to 10 Feet Spread: 4 to 6 Feet Hardy in Zone: 4, 6, 5 |
Blooms: Late Spring / Early Summer
Foliage Season: All Season |
Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Soil Moisture Needs
Moderate
Attributes |
 Native  Container Drought Tolerant Mass Planting Landscapes Easy to Grow Border Specimen Plant
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Attracts
Butterflies
Critter Resistance
Deer
Rabbit
