Pruning 'Black Lace' elderberry is an annual job if you want to keep it a shrub rather than small tree Updated: Jun. 21, 2011, 1:00 p.m. | Published: Jun. 21, 2011, 12:00 p.m.

Black Lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra 'Eva') is an eye-catching shrub for central Ohio gardens. The shrub is mostly mounding in shape with a few wild branches, which can be pruned.

'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7 ...

Undaunted, Andy and I picked out our own Steeler surrogates - a 'Black Lace' elderberry with narrow black leaves, a couple of gold-leafed Mellow Yellow spireas, five pots of black mondo grass, and ...

Indigenous people have utilized elderberry for centuries – harvesting berries for nutrition, utilizing hollow stems for tools ...

Look for: Black Lace elderberry (sambucus); Spilled Wine weigela; and Royal Purple smoke tree (cotinus). Diana Lockwood, a freelance writer covering gardening topics, posts on Facebook at www ...

The flower resembles a Queen Anne’s lace, but the elderberry flower is denser. Botanists call the flower of this plant a “perfect” flower because both male and female parts are present.

Historically, pioneers utilized this shiny black fruit as a remedy for rheumatism and flu symptoms. Elderberry fruits and blooms have become very popular and are now grown commercially for teas ...

Q • When I went out to my garden this morning, I found problems with my ‘Lemony Lace’ elderberry. Some of the branches look healthy, but others look dead or ...

Growing American elderberry plants, also called American elder, is easy to do in most parts of the country. Native to North America, this large flowering and fruitful shrub attracts bees ...