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Black Beauty

Variety of Black elderberry · Sambucus nigra
Also known as: Gerda
Edible value7Medicinal value7Other uses8
🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Pollination
self-fertile

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

The fruit is usable but the yield is low. The flowers yield red-tinted juices.

Growth

Ornamental form with dark red-brown foliage and large pink inflorescences.

Notes

Listed in the source despite being an ornamental, because it is attractive in home gardens and both flowers and fruit can be used.

Care

Site: Primarily an ornamental — dark red-brown foliage and large pink inflorescences. For a crop, add a fruiting cultivar. Care: The flowers yield red-tinted juices. The fruit is usable, but yields stay low and the compounds are lower than in fruiting cultivars.

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