Guincho Purple blue elderberry
Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size8 to 15 feet tallup to 15 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Multi-stemmed
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- White with pink tinge
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Guincho Purple' blue elderberry (Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple') is a shrub for hedges, food gardens, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast and reaches 8 to 15 feet tall with many stems. Fragrant white flowers with a pink tinge open from early to late summer and attract butterflies and birds.
Pairs well with Meadowsweet, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Serviceberry, and Ostrich fern.