Sambucus Chocolate Marzipan Abutilon we like to shear back

we like to shear back the old foliage which often looks a bit tired after the winter

) to grow in a container and overwinter in a frost free location in areas where it is not winter-hardy

when the 2' tall pine cone-like spikes sprout from the base of the plant

comes to us from the garden of South Africa's Ian Smith

Sambucus Chocolate Marzipan Abutilon we like to shear backSambucus 'Chocolate Marzipan' is the Kraken of the elderberry world, and a garden designer's dream. We picked up this new, and still virtually unknown Edmund Brown hybrid during our 2020 UK travels, in our search for any dark foliaged sambucus that would survive our heat and humidity. This beast has done far more than survive, forming a massive 12' tall x 12' wide specimen with widely arching woody stems, clothed with large black foliage, and topped,