Sambucus 'Golden Spark'
Elder 'Golden Spark'
Sambucus nigra is a wild tree in many temperate and sub-tropical areas of the world. The fragrant flowers are used for making cordials and other drinks, and the fruit is used for infusions and wine-making. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 oval and toothed leaflets and which have an unpleasant smell when touched. The tiny creamy-white flowers are borne in large flat umbels, 10-30cm across,and are highly fragrant, with a grapefruity scent. The tree blooms in early Summer, and are followed in late Summer - early Autumn by clusters of shiny black berries. 'Golden Spark' is a new (in 2017) variety that has golden variegation to the tips of the leaves, and white flowers, like those of the common elder, and edible berries in Autumn
Contributed by @neilalcock
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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All soil conditions
Common name
Elder 'Golden Spark'
Latin name
Sambucus 'Golden Spark'
type
Shrub
family
Adoxaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
All soil conditions
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
4.00 M
6.00 M
Sambucus 'Golden Spark'
Sambucus nigra is a wild tree in many temperate and sub-tropical areas of the world. The fragrant flowers are used for making cordials and other drinks, and the fruit is used for infusions and wine-making. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 oval and toothed leaflets and which have an unpleasant smell when touched. The tiny creamy-white flowers are borne in large flat umbels, 10-30cm across,and are highly fragrant, with a grapefruity scent. The tree blooms in early Summer, and are followed in late Summer - early Autumn by clusters of shiny black berries. 'Golden Spark' is a new (in 2017) variety that has golden variegation to the tips of the leaves, and white flowers, like those of the common elder, and edible berries in Autumn
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Thrives in any reasonable soil, with best foliage colour in full sun. Keep well watered until established.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
The hermaphrodite flowers are borne in large, flat corymbs 10–25 cm diameter in late spring to mid summer, the individual flowers ivory white, 5–6 mm diameter, with five petals. They are pollinated by flies.
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