Planted in early summer 2016, it is now ab.4 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide. Tends to throw branches around. Wish it had more rounded, fuller h...Read Moreabit. The golden leaf color turns to green as the summer progresses. Foliage is lacy as the name indicates, so thats good. It is growing in dappled shade and some direct sun in garden soil on a slope facing west. Zone 7a. Gets regular watering if no rains for a couple of days.
Philadelphia Suburbs, PA (Zone 7a) | February 2017 | neutral
Two years ago I planted several of these in two different areas of the garden. One area is 3/4 day sun in great garden soil, the other in...Read More 1/2 day sun in heavier, wetter soil. The plants that receive more sun and are in great soil grow better. The foliage is beautiful and very eye-catching. The flowers, which before they open remind me of broccoli florets, develop very early in the spring and may get damaged by a late frost. My plants have never set fruit. Maybe this variety is not self-fruitful? By the second year after planting, they were already 6' tall. The growth develops so quickly that the stems are often not straight up but bend at different angles. This is really only noticeable in winter when they sort of remind me of octopus arms. Last summer I had fast dieback in a few stems in both plantings. One day everything is good and the next an entire stem will be wilted and quickly die back to the base. I assume this was from some sort of borer but I didn't see any direct evidence when I finally got around to removing the dead stems. The effected plants did send up new growth from the base before fall. For this reason, I am currently rating this plant as neutral and will see what this summer brings. Other than this issue, I think this variety is a garden standout.
I saw this plant at a garden center and fell in love with the color. I did not buy it because I fear it is susceptible to stem borers lik...Read Moree the black lace elderberry. I will buy this if I can be confident it doesn't get the stem borers.
A shrub grown mainly for its lacy, ferny golden-chartreuse foliage. The white flowers are much less showy than those of the American or E...Read Moreuropean elders. Produces inedible showy scarlet fruit in late summer.
Less vigorous and much less heat tolerant than S. canadensis. May need some protection from afternoon sun towards the southern part of its range. Prefers moist well-drained soils. pH adaptable.
Can be cut to the ground in late winter to encourage vigorous shoots. Blooms on old wood.
A cross between S. racemosa 'Southerland Gold' and S. racemosa 'Dropmore Fernleaf', combining the chartreuse foliage color of the former with the more deeply cut leaf shape of the latter.
US PPAF, CAN PBRAF. Unauthorized propagation prohibited. "Lemony Lace" is a proprietary trade name. The cultivar name is 'SMNSRD3'.
Planted in early summer 2016, it is now ab.4 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide. Tends to throw branches around. Wish it had more rounded, fuller h...Read More
Two years ago I planted several of these in two different areas of the garden. One area is 3/4 day sun in great garden soil, the other in...Read More
I saw this plant at a garden center and fell in love with the color. I did not buy it because I fear it is susceptible to stem borers lik...Read More
A shrub grown mainly for its lacy, ferny golden-chartreuse foliage. The white flowers are much less showy than those of the American or E...Read More