Dark, finely cut foliage grows in a narrow upright column topped with pink flowers in early summer. Laced Up® provides the dramatic look of a dark elderberry while taking up much less garden space. - Elderberries do well in our area. Elderberries produce more fruit when 2 or more varieties are used to cross-pollinate each other. They prefer fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Elderberries grow tall, and can be pruned to the ground to regrow or left as a bush. They can produce fruit either way.