Elder Golden Tower

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Landscape Qualities

Golden Tower Elder is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Ornamental Qualities

Golden Tower Elder features showy clusters of fragrant white flowers held atop the branches from early to mid summer | which emerge from distinctive creamy white flower buds. It has attractive gold-variegated yellow foliage with hints of chartreuse which emerges lime green in spring. The serrated compound leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall color. The black fruits are held in abundance in spectacular clusters in early fall.

Planting and Growing

Golden Tower Elder will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 4 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable | preferring to grow in average to wet conditions | and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

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