Sambucus nigra (Golden Tower Elder) 'Golden Tower'
A slender column of golden sunshine brightens the garden year round, with finely cut yellow leaves forming a narrow, upright silhouette perfect for tight spaces. The vibrant foliage maintains its cheerful colour throughout the seasons, developing lime green tones in shade while intensifying to burnished gold in full sun. Flattened clusters of creamy white flowers appear in early summer, followed by glossy black berries that attract garden birds. More compact and vertical than traditional elders, its architectural form creates striking contrast against dark foliaged plants or purple flowering companions. Resilient to urban conditions and various soil types, it thrives in sun or partial shade while requiring minimal maintenance. Ideal for adding vertical accents to mixed borders or container displays, where its luminous presence brings constant colour and structure. A superb choice for illuminating shady corners or creating golden punctuation marks in contemporary planting schemes.
Family of Trees: Adoxaceae
Habit: Narrow Upright Deciduous Shrub
Growth Rate: 30 to 50 cm/year
Optimal Temperature: 15-25°C, hardy to -20°C
Harmful if Eaten?: Berries edible when cooked, raw parts toxic
Flowers or Berries: Creamy-White Flowers, Black-Berries
Hardiness: H6 (Very Hardy)
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
- ○ H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
- ○ H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
- ○ H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
- ○ H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
- ○ H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
- ○ H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
- ○ H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
- ○ H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
- ○ H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)
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