Plant Name

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Morus nigra

Common Name

Black mulberry

Soil

Chalk, Sand

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Deciduous Tree with edible fruit

Height x Spread in feet

40 x 50

Foliage

Mid Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

Pale Green in May-June followed by green fruit that turns red then dark purple, with slightly acidic flavour.

Comment

Rounded form. Shelter from drying winds. Pruning Group 1, in late autumn or early winter, as trees "bleed" at other times.

Ken Muir grows soft-fruit and top-fruit plants for sale.