The highlights
- Flat heads of small pink flowers in summer
- Deep purple foliage
- Bushy growth up to 4x4m
- Dark purple berries in autumn
Description
- Sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty’, black elderberry tree, is a small deciduous tree notable for its deep purple foliage and autumn berries
- A bushy shrub or tree that can grow up to 4m high and wide
- Rich, dark purple pinnate leaves from spring to autumn
- Flat heads of small pink flowers in summer, followed by dark purple berries in autumn
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming “leggy”, and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE