I have had an official compliant from head office* that I don’t always name the plants on my posts. This is Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla “Thundercloud”. If you prefer you could call it the black elder Thundercloud, which is much more manageable. I will be testing you later.
*my mum
Off The Edge Gardening 
Thank you and your mum very much for that.My neighbour has a beautiful specimen and I wondered what it was……now I ‘m wondering whether I can beg a cutting as him indoors is very good at them.
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This is a cutting from the one at Cliffe and is doing very well. Good for cuttings, get Mr B on the job!
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That is beautiful. Has gone on my ‘want’ list for when I have a garden.
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Good choice!
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It is always good to know the name of the plants 😉 Plus, the MUM is always right, I hope you knew that :))
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Of course 😉
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Lovely, it would be in my garden if I had one. My mum was a passionate gardener and would have been just the same. xx
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One of these days, I’m going to make a serious study of propagation by cuttings. I’ve never had much success at this. I think I’m not keeping things clean enough, maybe.
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Some things are definitely harder than others. Start easy and move on up!
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My Yorkshire friend Neil propagated both Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’ and S. ‘Black Lace’ from cuttings and they are both thriving and have lovely dark cut leaves.
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They are lovely shrubs/trees, so easy, so dramatic!
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