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.

I like my 'Black Lace' elderberry pruned into an open arch, which I need to do once a year.

Here's a garden that shouts allegiance to the Pittsburgh Steelers -- a black-leafed elderberry, black-and-gold black-eyed susans, and a logo Steelers football on a pedestal.

Elderberry fruits and blooms have become very popular and are now grown commercially for teas, gummies, jams, jellies, syrups and wines.

SYNOPSIS: The Brewster sisters are sweet, kind and grandmotherly, and if they feel sorry for you they'll put something in your elderberry wine that will take care of your problems -- permanently.

Question: Two years ago I bought a beautiful Sambucus Black Lace, which last year produced lovely pink flowers. It is now about three foot high and is planted in one corner of my lawn.