Black Tower blue elderberry
Sambucus nigra 'Black Tower'
USDA zones4 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size6 to 8 feet tall6 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Multi-stemmed
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Pink
- Foliage color
- Dark purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Black Tower' blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra 'Black Tower') is a shrub for borders, specimen plantings, and hedges. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Fragrant pink flowers open from early to late summer and draw butterflies and birds. The dark purple leaves grow on multi-stemmed plants that reach 6 to 8 feet tall and wide at a rapid pace.
Pairs well with Serviceberry, Meadowsweet, Ostrich fern, and Prairie dropseed.