You can transplant and prune your Sambucus racemosa now,
however pruning will mean you will lose this years flowers and
later the berries.
Choose a frost free period between now and early March if you
do decide to prune cutting your elder right down to within three to
four inches from the top of the soil.
I've always wanted to grow S. nigra but haven't found one in
any of my local garden centres.

M.R.
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"JB" wrote:
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I have just been given a golden elder
This particular specimen has so far lived on a patio garden in a pot
and rarely if ever been pruned so is it a good idea to prune it on
transplanting or would it be too much stress on the plant to do both
at the same time?