Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: jandals on May 21, 2014, 05:59:44 PM
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Would anyone know what's the name of this small tree
Cheers Steve
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Hi Steve - it's a purple-leaved elder, sambucus nigra.
There are a lot of cultivars but I don't know them well enough to say what that one might be.
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I'm with Vivien, Steve - also no idea of the cultivar but it looks a fine form - I believe that you can make Elderberry champagne off the purple ones as well as the white ones....... ( can't imagine why I mention that........) ::)
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Thank you both . Nice to have a name for the pics
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it looks very much like my own Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace'...
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A very nice form, Zephirine - do you think it would be happy to be kept to a certain size by pruning ?
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Yes indeed, Maggi.
It's not a very large form, anyway. Even though a few links say it could reach 6m in height (18'), most other serious ones say it reaches only 1,5 to 2,5 m (5 to 8'), and that's what I believe. Mine was planted in 2008, and is somewhere under 2m(6') high. It doesn't seem to be growing significantly any more...
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Thank you, Zephirine. :)
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Our neighbour in Dunblane had one in his front garden. His parents used to visit and do some gardening. They invariably pruned it right down so it never flowered. :(