For your purchase, you are getting twenty 5”-7” unrooted cuttings. All cuttings will have minimum 3 nodes. They will come in various sizes from thin to thick See picture 1. The cuttings lower half will wrapped in wet paper towel and Saran wrapped. You may receive cuttings in recycled Amazon large envelopes. Cuttings will be shipped on Monday but no later than Wednesday . This is to ensure the cuttings not kept in post office warehouse over the weekend. All orders come with tracking.

Pictures of fruits are not shown. The birds and all critters ate them before they were ripened. It’s a telling time that they can’t find enough food in our current environment. How do you tell apart a black mulberry to hybrid, red or white. The leaves. They are heart shaped about 3”-5”. The leaves are larger than other mulberry leaves. Black mulberry is not as common as the hybrid, red and white. The fruits are sweet and with a nice tang, not as sharp as blackberries but enough to make you want to grab a handful and eat them straight from the trees. Black mulberry fruits will stain. Grow this tree away from your sewer and water pipes.

Scientific name

Morus nigra L.

Common names

English: black mulberry, toot tree, Persian mulberry; French: mûrier noir; German: schwarzer Maulbeerbaum; Spanish: moral negro, morera negra 1

Synonyms

English: black mulberry; Afrikaans: swartmoerbei; Arabic: tert ; French: mûrier noir; German: schwarzer Maulbeerbaum; Japanese Rōmaji: kuromi-guwa; Portuguese: amoreira-negra; Spanish: moral negro, morera negra; Swedish: svart mullbär; Transcribed Chinese: hei sang; Transliterated Russian: šelkovica černaja 9

Family: Moraceae

Origin: Native to western Asia

USDA hardiness zones: 7-10

Uses: Fruit eaten out of hand; used as shade tree; attracts wildlife. Dried leaves for vegetables and tea.

Height: 30 ft (9 m ) 5

Spread: 35 ft (10.7 m) 5

Longevity: Have been known to bear fruit for three hundred years 13

Trunk/bark/branches: Bark dark brown, light green or orange; furrowed or scaly 5

Pruning requirement: Train the branches to a sturdy framework and little pruning is required

Leaves: Deciduous; rough; often unlobed 13

Fruit: Prolific, black multiple fruit drupelets; 1-1.5 in. (2.5-4 cm); berries hug the branch 5,6

Season: Early May to early June 20

Light requirement: Full sun to partial shade

Soil tolerances: Tolerant of poor soil; appears to thrive in the infertile sandy soil found across much of Florida 6

pH preference

Slightly acidic to highly alkaline 5

Drought tolerance: Although somewhat drought-resistant, mulberries need to be watered in dry seasons

Aerosol salt tolerance: Good in mild zone 5

Cold tolerance

Limited to USDA Hardiness Zone 7 (0° to 10° F average minimum) or warmer 1

Plant spacing: At least 15 ft (5 m) apart

Roots: Potential damage is rated as high 5