Black Tower Elderberry

Black Tower Elderberry is a remarkable ornamental shrub prized for its intensely dark, nearly black-purple foliage that creates stunning contrast in the landscape from spring through fall. This columnar, upright elderberry grows to about 6 to 8 feet tall and just 2 to 3 feet wide, making it ideal for narrow spaces, vertical accents, and mixed borders where its dramatic color can serve as a bold focal point. In early summer, it produces fragrant flat-topped clusters of pale pink flowers, followed by dark purple-black berries in late summer that attract birds and can be used in culinary creations.