mulberry 'Repsime'
mulberry ( syn Morus nigra 'Repsime' )
‘Repsime’ is a black mulberry that produces regular crops of large fruits during July and August from a young age....
bare root | 1.2m
£49.99
available to order from autumn 2024
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Plant description
‘Repsime’ is a black mulberry that produces regular crops of large fruits during July and August from a young age. The mulberry is more fulsome in its flavour when compared to a blackberry, with hints of blackcurrant and raspberry. This deciduous tree, with an appealing mounded shape, and handsome foliage is an ideal choice for cultivating as a specimen. While mulberries aren't commonly grown on a commercial scale because they don't endure long journeys well and must be harvested fully ripe, they can be frozen to preserve their delightful taste.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Slow growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for mulberry Repsime:
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'.
Please note:
This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
