Plant · P-433

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.