Sambucus Nigra 'Black Lace' for Leighleigh :-))

Well Kathy. What a perfect example. Stunning.

That is really lovely

Hi Annella, Simbad has put me onto a website selling lots of varieties of these ornamental Elders, variegated ones included. Love them, so robust and dont mind a hard pruning, fast growing and great leaves :-)

Thankyou, it needs a prune!!!! but can't bear to attack it with the secateurs :-))))
Great site isn't it Dawn ;-)

Looking perfect Simbad...maybe mine will look as good as this next year...When is the best time to prune please?

I've never pruned this Moti, except a few wayward stems, think springs the best time, just worried about loosing the flowers??, must have a google :-))

Wow it is enormous, heavily pruned ours this spring and guess what no flowers!!

Kathy can you give me the website details please.

AAHHH! only just seen this! woah! thats huge i thought it would have been like a ground cover plant lol, gunna need a warehouse for the business kathy! :-D

Yes it is rather large isn't it, now I don't want to prune it DD just love those flowers :-)
Glad you saw it Leigh, I'll keep my eye open for an empty warehouse,lol :-))
Here's the website Annella :-)
http://www.cgf.net/shop.aspx?id=14&hid=14&ltr=S

Thanks Kath

yay :-D

I bought 3 today from that site Kathy/Annella. One is grey/green and yellow variegated, the next red/black leaves and the third one has grape like bunches of red berries:

SAMBUCUS NIGRA 'MADONNA', S. NIGRA f.PORPHYROPHYLLA 'THUNDERCLOUD & S. TIGRANII 2

So exciting, thanks Kathy :-)

Ooh thundercloud sound dramatic Dawnsaunt! :o)

They all sound lovely Dawn, look forward to the piccies, I bought 'Madonna' back in early spring its doing great, not supposed to be too fast growing, we'll see :-))
I'm off to have another look have a couple of spaces on the hillside :-)))

Oh Leigh, does dosent it. Lol.

So you have Madonna - same taste again, lol.

Yep. Pics will appear next Spring, thanks again for the website Kathy.

Sent you an email mystery plants again K. Lol x

Ooo off to have a look :-))

Have been looking at the thundercloud for some time, need to move or buy another Black lace it has outgrown it's place.....

Never ending, is it but we love it. :)

Thats a beautful shrub Kathy , I'll be glad when mine is as big and looking as good as that :o)