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Change in appearance of plant

ritamoss1703ritamoss1703 Posts: 1
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I bought a sambucus nigra black lace plant, after my husband pruned it right back after a couple of years the leaves and the flower grew back a different colour. The most puzzling thing of all was the change in the shape of the leaves, they are no longer delicate lacy leaves.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,710
    hiya and welcome to the forum. 
    It might have been a grafted plant? If he's cut below the graft, it'll just be the rootstock growing.
    I've never heard of them being grafted before though. 
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,048
    Could you show a photo of the plant? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,348
    Do the leaves become more divided as they mature? Maybe he hacked it back so far, it's taking a while to recover. Not sure that would happen if it's been two years though.
    I didn't think they were grafted either @Hostafan1 :/

    Have you got any pix @ritamoss1703? That may shed some light on the problem  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,870
    I'm wondering if it could be a self-seeded one ... the first having not responded well to the pruning and died off. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,348
    Good shout @Dovefromabove :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    edited June 2020
    @Fairygirl no, the new leaves are divided, they don't mature and divide 
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