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Re: [SG] Elderberry

Bobbi,

I got 'Guincho Purple' as a substitute in a plant order last year.  While
the leaves have a "slight" purple cast, they aren't really purple - at
least on the plant I got - dusky is more like it.  'Purpurea' sounds very
interesting.  'GP' hasn't bloomed yet for me, it was fairly small when I
got it.

There are a lot of elderberries out there - sort of makes ya' drool.  Now,
if I could only think of where to put some more....

Let us know what you decide to get and how they do for you.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: Thursday, July 30, 1998 7:58 AM
>
> There is a picture in the Jan-Feb 98 FINE GARDENING of Sambucus nigra
> 'Purpurea'--the plant is in bloom with lucious peach-colored
flowers--that
> is irresistible to me. I have the Heronswood catalog; they offer S. n.
> 'Guincho Purple' but not 'Purpurea'. Another one I want is S. n.
> 'Marginata', white-edged green leaves. Heronswood has 'Aureomarginata',
> with yellow-edged leaves. Does anyone have the Forest Farm catalog? Do
> they perhaps sell the cultivars I want?
>
> I'm not sure I want a yellow one, but Heronswood does offer 'Sutherland
> Gold', which is supposed to be the best of the new golds. It is said to
be
> more tolerant of sun and hardier than the others. It also offers a number
> of other appealing elderberries. I had not known there were so many.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
>
> On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Marge Talt wrote:
> >
> > Elderberries are good, too.  Dunno if they'd need more sun where Vicky
is -
> > they grow in light to medium shade for me (put themselves there).  I
give
> > mine a haircut to keep them from flopping over a bit of border, but
don't
> > cut them all the way back as I'd read that stops them from flowering.
> > Anybody know if this is so?  Mine are the common native ones...nice
flowers
> > tho' and the wildlife love the berries.
> >
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