| Description | An improved form of the purple leaf Sambucus. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (sam-BOO-kus)(NY-grah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | best color in full sun, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average well drained |
| Flowers | small pink-tinged flowers, borne in flattened cymes, June |
| Fruit | berry like drupe ripen to black, readily consumed by the birds |
| Leaves | compound pinnate, emerge purple in spring than fade to green in summer, shades of purple and red in the fall |
| Dimensions | 8-10 feet, suckers |
| Maintenance | can be cut back hard to control the size and spread. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Sambucus is derived from the Greek word "sambuca" a string instrument was supposedly made from the wood of the elder. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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