Pruning 'Black Lace' elderberry is an annual job if you want to keep it a shrub rather than small tree Updated: Jun. 21, 2011, 1:00 p.m. | Published: Jun. 21, 2011, 12:00 p.m.

Black Lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra 'Eva') is an eye-catching shrub for central Ohio gardens. The shrub is mostly mounding in shape with a few wild branches, which can be pruned.

'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7 ...

Undaunted, Andy and I picked out our own Steeler surrogates - a 'Black Lace' elderberry with narrow black leaves, a couple of gold-leafed Mellow Yellow spireas, five pots of black mondo grass, and ...

'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7 ...

Growing American elderberry plants, also called American elder, is easy to do in most parts of the country. Native to North America, this large flowering and fruitful shrub attracts bees ...