Tropical Fruit-A-Week Series: Bountiful, Beautiful Mulberry

August 23, 2013

There’s nothing like sitting under the Mulberry tree and eating sweet berries all afternoon! Cold-hardy and drought-resistant, Mulberry grows fast and produces tons of fruit. Once this tree is established, it needs only an occasional dose of fertilizer. Plant your Mulberry tree in full sun in a well-drained area of the garden.

We carry 3 varieties: Everbearing, Giant, and my favorite, the Pakistan. The Everbearing is a small tree that can be maintained at 8 feet. It bears small purple fruit throughout the Summer. The Giant fruits in the Spring. It is the largest of the Mulberries and can reach 50 feet, but can be maintained at 15 feet. The Pakistan fruits multiple times in the Summer with sweet long fruit (2-3″). Trees will defoliate during the Winter and flush with flowers in early Spring.

Mulberries, like figs, only fruit on new growth. When you want fruit, just trim the branches back and they will shoot new growth along with flowers before fruiting. The Pakistan and the Giant can give you great shade in the Summer. Try one!!

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