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Lemony Lace Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa 'SMNSRD4'
Also called lemony lace and lemony lace sambucus
Lemony Lace Elderberry blooms from May through May.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Lemony Lace Elderberry
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–7. Expect it to reach about 4.5 ft tall and 5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Lemony Lace Elderberry. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Lemony Lace Elderberry
Plant Lemony Lace Elderberry in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 7, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms in May.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Lemony Lace Elderberry get?
4.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult5 ftwideSee Lemony Lace Elderberry in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Lemony Lace Elderberry
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Lemony Lace Elderberry about 5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Lemony Lace Elderberry to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Lemony Lace Elderberry's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Proven Winnersthe brandheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, pests and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- nvknurseries.comNVK Nurseries (wholesale grower, Dundas, Ontario)height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- plantfinder.nativeplanttrust.orgNative Plant Trust Garden Plant Finderhardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases, pests and toxicity
- saundersbrothers.comSaunders Brothers (wholesale grower, Piney River, Virginia)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and toxicity
- US plant patent (Google Patents)U.S. Plant Patent PP26,613 (Google Patents)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and diseases
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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