Sambucus nigra Black Lace | Elder 'Eva' - 240-260cm, 20lt Fruit Trees with its unusual columnar habit

with its unusual columnar habit and abundance of flowers

is an excellent ornamental tree

sand-and-straw mulch

but is mostly used for informal and formal hedges and privacy screens

is ready for harvesting in summer

Sambucus nigra Black Lace | Elder 'Eva' - 240-260cm, 20lt Fruit Trees with its unusual columnar habitSambucus nigra Black Lace, or Eder Eva, is a large, upright, deciduous shrub with deeply dissected, lacy, dark purple, almost black, leaves, rich red in autumn, and flattened panicles of tiny, lemon scented, white to pale pink flowers in summer, followed by edible, purple black berries in early autumn. Attractive to birds and bees. Elder 'Eva' tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers medium to wet, moderately fertile, humus rich, well drained