mulberry 'Wellington'
mulberry ( syn. Morus nigra 'Wellington' )
Noted for producing a heavy-crop of well-flavoured fruits, which can be harvested in late summer, the rounded habit and handsome foliage...
bare root | 1.2m
£34.99
available to order from autumn 2024
2 litre pot | 0.9 - 1.2m
£26.99
available to order from late spring
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Plant description
Noted for producing a heavy-crop of well-flavoured fruits, which can be harvested in late summer, the rounded habit and handsome foliage of this deciduous tree, will also make it a superb specimen for a larger garden.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
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Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for mulberry Wellington:
When planting your mulberry, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting, or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up. Plant in full sun out of cold, drying winds. Little pruning is needed apart from removing low, dead, diseased or crossing branches. This must be tackled after leaf-fall, but before midwinter, to prevent the stems 'bleeding'.
GOES WELL WITH
The mulberry tree
You plant a flower for yourself, but you plant a tree for your grandchildren: so the saying goes. They’re usually talking about walnuts, but I’m having that making-your-mark feeling about the mulberry sapling I’m about to plant.
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