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Illinois Everbearing Mulberry

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$15.00
Item: 7949-A
stock details: 10-12" cuttings
Morus alba × M. rubra

30×20' White County, IL, 1947. Sweet black fruit begins ripening in mid-July and continues for several weeks into late summer or longer. Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery in Falmouth, ME, had fruit on his tree into October! Self-fruitful. Zone 4/5.

These are hardwood cuttings for rooting.  Chances of rooting are greatly increased with the use of a rooting hormone (such as Dip 'N' Grow) and bottom heat from a seed starting heat mat. We strongly advise using rooting hormone.
ships in spring
Quick Details
Hardy to Zone
4
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Illinois Everbearing cuttings 4
Additional Information

Mulberries Morus spp.

Sweet flavorful purple-black 1" blackberry-like fruit is delicious fresh, in sauces, pies, fruit leather or smoothies. What fruit you don’t pick, the birds will. Great tree for viewing a huge variety of birds up close. Plant it next to the chicken pen where it will rain chicken feed into the yard for several weeks, or put down a sheet to collect the fruit as it falls.

Dense round-topped tree is one of the last to leaf out in the spring. Fast growing, even in poor soils. We offer grafted female varieties, which are self-fruitful.

Growing Mulberries

  • Soil: Adaptable, but prefers moist well-drained soil. Rugged! Withstands pollution, drought, wind and salt.
  • Sun: Full sun to part shade.
  • Pollination: Mulberries are dioecious, but female trees do not need a male to set fruit. You just need one!
  • Spacing: 20–30' apart
  • Planting: Consider a site with northern exposure to delay flowering. See our planning and planting and pests and diseases pages for instructions on soil prep, planting and pest control.

Shipping

Orders for cuttings will ship as soon as possible, beginning in early March, and will arrive separately from the remainder of your spring plant order.