Elder, Black Lace Ornamental

BLACK LACE is noted for its deeply cut dark purple foliage, its lemon-scented, pink flowers and its dark blackish-red elderberries.
It is a large, upright, deciduous shrub that typically matures to 6-8’ tall.
It was developed in England in a somewhat complex 10-year breeding program commenced in 1988.
Compound pinnate leaves (3-7 ovate to elliptic leaflets each) are dark purple and generally retain that color throughout most of the growing season.
Leaflets are deeply cut (laciniate).
Young stems are also purple, with older branches being a rough, gray-brown.
Tiny pink flowers are followed by black-purple berries.
U.S.
Plant Patent PP15,575 issued February 22, 2005.