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  1. Silver surfer

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    3. Looking closely at your pic this looks spot on for Sambucus nigra. Common name Elder.

    The trunk has the typical bark and leaves growing lower down are definitely Elder.
    Normally as the flowers open they are flat topped.

    Very soon you should get the black berries.

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=sambucus+nigra+leaves&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=960&bih=485&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=JM8GUKq-LYWb1AXS2I3DDQ

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&q=sambucus nigra bark&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1152&bih=555&wrapid=tlif134262380142010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=PtAGUNDsNs6a1AWgwO3CDQ#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=sambucus nigra flowers&oq=sambucus nigra flowers&gs_l=img.12..0i24.6052.11324.0.12844.12.8.0.4.4.0.106.764.6j2.8.0...0.0...1c.W1_6AGoJlL4&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=b0d54a05ec4b0063&biw=1152&bih=555

    1. Has the look of Persicaria bistorta superba. Compare to pics ...

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=INEGUOzyJqiw0QWijNzCDQ
     
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    Thanks Silver Surfer - looking at the pics in your links, that is exactly what I've got. I'm deciding the elder's fate at the moment, as my one isn't the shapliest thing in the world, and it doesn't even seem all that healthy or happy. Mind you, it has had an conifer planted right next to it (could be a leylandii I suppose), which is a substantial size, and the ground around it is as dry as can be.
     
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