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Re: [SG] Elderberry

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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