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Black Mulberry is a small, deciduous, wide-spreading long lived tree becoming interestingly gnarled as it ages(don’t we all!). The leaves are heart shaped and the berries produced are almost black and very sweet. Possibly the tree in the nursery rhyme ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’. Fruit is used to make wine and jam if you can keep the birds and wasps away! Folklore has it that King James mistakenly imported Black Mulberry trees at vast expense, to start English silk production. He should have bought White Mulberry, so the project sadly failed!
Morus nigra
Common name: Black Mulberry.
Native: West Asia.
Provenance: Germany
Size and spread (10 years): 2.5m x 2m
Treatment required: Mildly dormant requires 16 weeks stratification treatment.
Seeds / kg: c 466,200 52% viable
Ideal sowing period: Autumn or Spring
Soil conditions: Well drained rich soils.
Planting instructions: Full sun and a sheltered spot.
Mature height: 12m
pic courtesy of Genet at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
| Weight | 1.50 g |
|---|---|
| Genus | Morus |
| Size | 2gm pack (1000 seeds approx.) |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Flowering Month | May |
| Hardiness | Hardy |
| Life Cycle | tree |
| Evergreen | deciduous |
| Interest | berries |
| Wildlife | yes |
| Requires | sun |
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