The American landscape industry has done a disservice to the public and for wildlife by promoting fruitless (no messy fruit) mulberry trees as shade trees. They're not especially ornamental & male mulberries are notorious pollen producers as many allergy sensitive people are aware. The named varieties of mulberry we sell are all females, producing little or no pollen, but loads of sweet, nutritious fruit. Without a male, female mulberries produce seedless fruits that many people, birds, and other creatures find delicious. The trick to avoid a mess is to plant in grassy areas away from patios, driveways, etc. where stain can be a problem. No staining varieties (White, Pink, Beautiful Day, Sweet Lavender or Pakistan) can also be planted. Grown freely they can achieve the stature of a nice shade tree or with annual pruning they can easily be maintained as a bush since the fruits are produced on the new growth.
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This variety is a natural dwarf, branching low, so it will be a 6 ft. bush or small tree. Well adapted to container culture and humid climates as it was selected in Northern Florida. Dwarf Black Issai Mulberry was formally mistakenly listed by us as a selection of Morus nigra. Zone 7-10.
The king of mulberries. Fruit up to 4 1/2” long, sweet and flavorful. Very productive over a 2 month period. The maroon fruit doesn’t stain as easily because ithe fruit is firmer. Pakistan Mulberry is very vigorous. Zone 7-10.
Extremely flavorful sweet tart fruit. Round and juicy. Persian Fruiting Black Mulberry is best adapted to the Southwest and West Coast states. Grows to 25 ft. if left unpruned. Self-fruitful. Zone 7-10.
Very strong weeper, needs to be staked to the desired height, then it will weep to the ground. Small sweet, black fruit in early summer. Weeping Mulberry is suitable to be grown in Zone 4-10.
Best hardy variety. Extremely precocious, self fruiting, and heavy yielding over much of the summer. Illinois Everbearing Mulberry has a very sweet delicious flavor. Seedless. Zone 3- 8.