Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva' syn. Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Black Lace', Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'

Cut it back a bit because it was dropping on the floor. I'm thinking of moving one of the plants under it cos it's a bit crowded

Cutting

I love this but it's a bit annoying that the neighbour has a wild elderflower right next to.it behind the shed 😬

I feel your pain, our neighbour had one next to our fence that he lets get completely out of control and then every 4yrs or so he’ll get it cut to the ground and then up it comes again even bigger as it produces suckers, it’s actually cracked our concrete gravel board 🤔 I could go on about the other reasons I hate it 😂🤣

I need another of these in my new garden.

I done these from cuttings from mine @Cazx

I should have done that. I don’t think the new owners would be happy me asking lol

My elderflower cuttings grew loads 🥰

Looks great, is there something else growing with it 🤔

I'm thinking the bigger leaves are because it's young maybe I don't know 😅 a bit like seedling sapling leaves maybe before the true leaves come in 🤔 I'm glad to see the true leaves. Or maybe I've bred some odd plant 🤣🤣 @sieveheadsarah

Could be 🤨 will be interesting to see. I’ll have to try doing some cuttings from mine next year 👍🏼😀

I'll update in the spring no dought 😅💚 @sieveheadsarah

Also have loads of little seedlings all over so I've potted one up. 😊

I recently planted one

Took some cuttings since I couldn't find any in the shops 😅

Very pretty 🌸💗

#pink 😊

Love it! I scalped mine last autumn and it's just leafing up now 😂 no flowers for me this year!

Oh no you'll probably get loads next year 😊😊💚 @cazstaks

Fingers crossed, to be fair it was looking very woody and probably do it good in the long run 🤪

Mines only a year old @cazstaks it's in one of the big metal barrels not sure how long it can stay in there I didn't know how big it would get 😂

It will get really big if you plant it 👍

#newgrowth

This was tiny back in may its been in a Morrison's bucket all summer and grew loads, just planted it in the barrel I think it should look awesome when it fills out 🤔😍

It won't be in there long, my black lace is a really big shrub

Black lace is a brill plant. Lovely. ❤️😃

Probably plant it out next year when get the garden sorted @sadieberg I'll go see if I can find yours in your profile to see how big it is

I will have to take a pic of the whole shrub, I only have parts of it. I cut it back really hard every few years and it is still about 4 foot.

Thank you for my early birthday gift @slj I really love it 💚💚💚 there is no black love hearts 😁

You are very welcome Kim 😄 I'm eased you like it x