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MORUS
Commonly known as Mulberry
Further Reading....
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Deciduous - light-green to dark-green, ovate to rounded leaves often heart-shaped at the base.
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Fruit - Plants which produce an edible or ornamental fruit - female flower cluster develops into a single, spherical to oblong raspberry-like fruit.
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Tree - trees and shrubs, fast-growing when young.
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Full sun -
Additional Features - Good to know - make attractive specimen trees. Fruit is edible. -
Pests & Diseases - canker, coral spot, bacterial blight, powdery mildew. -
Place of origin - Africa, Asia, North and South America -
Resistant to honey fungus - These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil
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Tree Shape - Rounded to broadly spreading
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Buy Varieties of MORUS
MORUS alba >
Commonly known as: Silkworm mulberry, White mulberry.
sweet, whitish fruits changing to reddish pink
MORUS nigra >
Commonly known as: Black mulberry, Common mulberry.
rounded tree with fruits which turn red and then dark purple in late summer when ripe
MORUS rotundifolia 'Mojo Berry' >
Commonly known as: Mulberry.
(syn. ‘Charlotte Russe’). Chelsea Plant of the Year 2017. Self-fertile fruiting mulberry with compact habit
Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
2 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
Vermin & Pest Control
Tree Guards
Essential small tree protection from vermin and strimming. This pack includes 5 x 90cm canes and 5 x 90cm spiral guards. Includes instructions.
Only £5.00
