Sambucus Chocolate Marzipan Abutilon topped first with medium yellow

topped first with medium yellow buds that open to a cluster of 6-7 light yellow

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

The plants are topped from mid-October through mid-November with lovely bright yellow tassels

Each 18" long x 4" wide tricolor leaf has a green center with a creamy white edge and light green highlights

morphs to green leaves with a violet edge

Sambucus Chocolate Marzipan Abutilon topped first with medium yellowSambucus '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,