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Black Mulberry
Morus nigra
Black mulberry has been grown for its fruit since antiquity and is rated the best-flavoured of the mulberries - a large, juicy, slightly acid berry eaten fresh, cooked, or dried and ground to a powder. The catch is patience: it takes about fifteen years to come into good bearing, far longer than white or red mulberry, so it rewards planting early rather than for a quick yield. It is self-fertile, does not sucker or run at the root, and its brittle roots mean it should go into its permanent spot young and stay undisturbed after that.
Record at a glance
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 5–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Well-Drained · Moist
Vertical layer
Canopy- Soil pH
- 4.3–8.3
- Plant type
- Deciduous Tree
- Mature height
- 32 ft
- Mature spread
- 49 ft
- Plant spacing
- 20–30 ft
- Root type
- Not yet recorded
- Spread pattern
- Seed
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