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Products > Sambucus nigra Black Tower ['Eiffel 1'] PP23,633
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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Adoxaceae |
| Origin: Mediterranean (Europe) |
| Red/Purple Foliage: Yes |
| Flower Color: Pink & White |
| Bloomtime: Summer |
| Height: 6-8 feet |
| Width: 3-4 feet |
| Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F |
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Sambucus nigra Black Tower ['Eiffel 1'] PP23,633 (Black Elder) An attractive and hardy upright growing well branched deciduous shrub with columnar form to 6 to 8 feet tall by 3 to 4 feet wide with dark stems holding large serrated leaves that emerge a celery-green color and then age to near jet black with both color prominently displayed when in active growth and in summer appear the flat topped dark pink and white small flowers that are replaced with large dark black berries in the fall. Plant in full coastal sun to light/ part shade in a well-drained and irrigate occasionally to regularly. This is an attractive and interesting shrub for the back of the border or as a specimen plant in the ground or large pot. Berries are attractive to by birds. A light trim after flowering with help keep the plant dense and attractive and then cut back hard to 1 to 2 feet in late winter. Though we are not sure that this plant is entirely suitable to our mediterranean climate and may need more irrigation than we like to give our garden plants, we are trialing this plant at the nursery for Ball Horticulture to see how it will perform for us. This plant was selected in 2000 from a controlled breeding program conducted by Kennith Richard Tobutt in West Mailing, Kent, England that started in 1990 by crossing crossing Sambucus 'Pyramidalis' and 'Guincho Purple' with two of the selected seedlings crossed again. Further trails were conducted on the plant and it received US Plant Patent PP23,633 in May 2013.
The information displayed on this page about Sambucus nigra Black Tower ['Eiffel 1'] PP23,633 is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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