An excellent selection for expanding the mulberry season, Grover’s Best begins ripening before Illinois Everbearing and has good sized fruits with delicious flavor. A great balance of sweet and tart and a very reliable heavy producer.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now you can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh. It can also be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus sp.
Site and Soil: Grover’s Best mulberry likes 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 15° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20ft. in height (occasionally up to 25+ ft)
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: June to August depending on your climate
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 5-10

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A mulberry selected in Florida that’s been found to perform particularly well in a humid zone 9 climate, but also shows promise in other mulberry growing climates. So far here in Oregon it performs similarly to Illinois Everbearing, being very productive and producing very tasty dark fruits.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now you can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh. It can also be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus sp.
Site and Soil: Lakeland Tropical Mulberry likes 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 15° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20ft. in height (occasionally up to 25+ ft)
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 5-10

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An excellent selection of mulberry from the town of Silk Hope, North Carolina where they once held high hopes for a silk industry. Fruits are quite large and similar in flavor to Illinois Everbearing mulberry, but the trees are reportedly better adapted and more resilient to fungal diseases in the Southeast than Illinois Everbearing.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now we can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh and can be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus rubra x alba 
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 25° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Size: Large
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4-9

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Nikita White Mulberry

A unique, Crimean variety, Nikita White Mulberry is prized for its large, juicy, very sweet, early ripening white fruit.  Hardy to at least -20°F. Nikita White forms an attractive, compact tree. White mulberries are the sweetest of any mulberries, tasting like a spoon full of sugar in the form of a mulberry! Kids love them and will devour them like a flock of starlings.

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This dwarfing form of mulberry is an excellent choice for the home gardener who is tight on space. Growing as a spreading bush the dwarf black mulberry grows 8-10 feet in height with pruning and produces delicious deep black fruits.

Pair with Illinois Everbearing Mulberry for a full summer of mulberry fun!

Latin Name: Morus sp.
Site and Soil: Mulberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to 0° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 8-12 ft. in height
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 7-10

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This beautiful, Pendula Weeping Mulberry produces delicious purple fruit on elegantly draping slender branches. Plant ‘Pendula’ for a real child or your inner child and enjoy picking fruit from inside your mulberry fortress!

Latin Name: Morus sp. ‘Pendula’
Site and Soil: Mulberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Mulberry is hardy to minus 25º F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 16-20 ft. in height
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Mid to late summer
Yield: 5-10 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not generally bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4

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Wellington Black Mulberry is an older cultivar and one of the finest cold hardy mulberries for East Coast growers.  Wellington also performs quite well in the West. Trees can grow 15-20 feet in height and produce sweet, black berries over a period of several weeks, extending the harvest time of this delicious fruit.

Latin Name: Morus sp.
Site and Soil: Wellington Mulberry likes 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Wellington Mulberry is self-fertile.
Hardiness: Wellington Mulberry is hardy to at least -20° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height (occasionally up to 25+ ft)
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Color: Black
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Wellington Mulberry are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 5-9

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If you don’t mind the stain from the black fruit of the Persian Mulberry Tree you will be rewarded with what many describe as the best tasting fruit they’ve ever had. The black fruits will stain cement, cars, or anything else they fall on but after you get a taste of the Persian Mulberry the stain will be a small price to pay for a ride on the mulberry flavor train. This form of Persian Mulberry can grow to a height of 12-15 ft. Cold Hardy to USDA Zone 7b.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now we can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh and can be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus nigra
Site and Soil: Mulberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Persian Mulberry Tree is self-fertile.
Hardiness: Persian Mulberry is hardy to around 0° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 12-15 ft. in height
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 7b

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Pakistan Mulberry has often been touted as the queen of mulberries due to its incredibly large 4″ long deep purple fruits. Fruits are so elongated they are almost bizarre looking and sure to wow your friends!  Hardy to Zone 7.

Check out this great article from the LA Times on the, “Deliciously Strange Pakistan Mulberry”.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now we can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh and can be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus macroura
Site and Soil: Mulberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Pakistan Mulberry is hardy to 0° F, possibly lower once established
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-30 ft. in height
Fruit Color: Deep Purple, up to 6″ long
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 7-10

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One of the best Mulberry varieties for the Northwest and other regions of the US, Illinois Everbearing Mulberry is prized for its tasty, 1-1/2″ long fruit and its long ripening season, late June until early fall.

Exotic, sweet, and delicious, Mulberries are very popular in Central Asia and the Middle East. Now you can grow and enjoy this juicy and nutritious fruit! Mulberry fruit resembles a Blackberry and is delicious eaten fresh. It can also be dried for tasty winter snacks. Mulberries are pest and disease resistant and form an attractive, small tree with dark green, tropical foliage. Along the ancient Silk Road in Central Asia, Mulberries are widely grown for their foliage, which is used to feed silkworms.

Latin Name: Morus alba x rubra
Site and Soil: Mulberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 25° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20ft. in height (occasionally up to 25+ ft)
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: July to September
Yield: 15-25 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Mulberries are not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4-10

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