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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

I have Black Lace, though this is only the second year it has bloomed.  It did have a smattering of berries in each flower umbel last year, but there are two plants each of York and Nova elderberries about 300 feet away.  Still, the area where the Black Lace is located has evergreens that make a partial barrier between the two elderberry plantings.  Perhaps if they were planted in a group the Black Lace would bear more fruit.  Anecdotal, but it does suggest that you might be able to use something besides S. nigra to pollinate it.   
-Lon Rombough
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On Jul 14, 2008, at 3:31 PM, piper33@verizon.net wrote:

I have a black elderberry, Sambucus nigra, called Black Lace. It is a beautiful variety with lacey almost-black leaves and stems and pink flower clusters. I was hoping for fruit, but this is my 2nd year with this plant, and only one berry has developed each year. I did some research and found hybrid elderberries require a second variety for berry production. Has anyone had luck with Black Lace for fruit? Any specific varieties required, or will any S. nigra do?
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8_______________________________________________
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