Key Features
• Elegant Columnar Form
• Striking Golden Foliage
• Seasonal Interest
• Wildlife friendly - attracting bees, birds and butterflies
• Versatile & Hardy- reaches 3m x 1m suitable for small gardens and limited garden space
• Low maintenance
Description
• Botanical Name: Sambucus nigra 'Golden Tower'
• Common Name: Golden Elder
• Foliage: Deciduous shrub with finely incised, golden-yellow leaves that maintain their colour throughout the growing season.
• Flowers: Produces flat-topped clusters of fragrant white flowers in early summer.
• Fruit: Glossy black berries follow the flowers, attracting birds and adding autumn interest.
• Growth Habit: Upright, columnar shrub reaching up to 3m in height and 1m in spread over 20 years.
• Position: Prefers full sun for best foliage colour but tolerates partial shade; suitable for various soil types.
• Maintenance: Low maintenance; prune in late winter or early spring to maintain shape and encourage new growth.
• Uses: Ideal for adding vertical interest to borders, creating wildlife-friendly interest, or serving as a striking standalone specimen
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Sambucus nigra 'Golden Tower' | Golden Elder
Height (10-20yrs): 3m
Spread (10-20yrs): 1m
Growth rate: medium
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Foliage colour: Golden
Foliage: deciduous
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Habit: upright and columnar
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Flower colour: white
Flowering time: early summer
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Soil Type: chalk, sand, clay
Soil Moisture: moist but well-drained soil
Soil pH: acid, alkaline, neutral
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Sun: full sun to partial shade
Exposure: exposed and sheltered areas
Hardiness: hardy
