Sambucus nigra Golden Tower

Sambucus nigra Golden Tower is has a columnar form clothed in dissected golden and lime green foliage.

Sambucus nigra Golden Tower ‘Jdeboer001’ is an amazing columnar addition to the elderberries with strongly upright stems 6-8 feet tall and only 3-4 feet wide covered in dissected golden and lime green foliage. Flat-topped clusters of white, self-fertile flowers in early summer can be followed by purple-black, edible berries. More fruit is produced if a different cultivar is also present. Tolerant of moist sites.

Common Name:  Black Elderberry

Family:  Adoxaceae (The Viburnum family)

Zone Hardiness:  5-8

Light:  Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade

Height:  6-10'

Width:  3-5'

Primary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Yellow

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Shrub

Bloom Time:  Spring - Summer

Soil Moisture:  Average, Moist

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Fragrance:  Yes

Berries:  Black

Benefits:  Butterflies Bees

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Hedgerows, scrub, woods, roadsides, and waste places especially on disturbed base-rich and nitrogen-rich soils.

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