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Black Lace Elderberry
Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Black Lace Elderberry - Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’
‘Black Lace’ is the finely dissected purple-black form of the European elder, Sambucus nigra, with leaves cut so narrowly that the whole shrub reads as a dark cloud of texture rather than solid foliage. Against that near-black backdrop it carries flat lemon-scented cymes of soft pink flowers in late spring, followed by dark berries. Designers reach for it where a Japanese maple would burn or a purple smoke bush would be too coarse, and it accepts hard renovation pruning that most dark-leaved shrubs resent.
Why Black Lace Elderberry
Dissected Dark Foliage: Thread-fine purple-black leaflets give a lace texture that holds interest from a distance and up close.
Pink Against Black: Soft pink flower heads sit directly on the dark foliage for a high-contrast late spring display.
Responds to Hard Pruning: Can be cut back close to the framework in winter to keep it compact and to force larger, better-coloured leaves.
Cold Hardy: Fully frost tolerant across temperate Australia including the tablelands and Tasmania.
Fast to Fill: Reaches useful size quickly, so a planting reads as established within a couple of seasons.
Ideal Applications
Foliage Contrast Planting: Used against silver, lime green or white-flowered companions it does the heavy lifting in a colour scheme.
Informal Screen: A row at close centres gives a soft, dark seasonal screen between garden rooms.
Border Backbone: Anchors the middle depth of a perennial border where flowers come and go.
Large Container Feature: Works in a big pot on a cool-climate terrace, kept in scale by annual winter pruning.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.2 to 1.8m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5 to 3m
Best Planting Season: Autumn or early spring
Soil & Drainage: Moisture-retentive, fertile soil with reasonable drainage; elders dislike prolonged drought and thin dry sand
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first summer, since the fine foliage wilts quickly under heat stress. Mulch to 75mm with compost or aged bark and site it out of hot afternoon sun in inland districts, where full sun deepens the leaf colour but can scorch the margins.
Plant Details
Height: 2.5 to 3.5m, less if pruned annually
Width: 2 to 3m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun for best colour, part shade in hot inland areas
Native to: Species native to Europe
Flower Colour: Soft pink
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







