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Morus alba 'Pendula'
weeping white mulberry
A spreading tree with heart-shaped, glossy green leaves and white mulberries which ripen to pink and red in late summer. The...
9 litre pot | 0.8 - 1.2m tall
available to order from spring
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall
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Plant description
A spreading tree with heart-shaped, glossy green leaves and white mulberries which ripen to pink and red in late summer. The fruit aren't as tasty as those on the black mulberry tree, but are still useful in the kitchen. Both the white and black mulberry are trouble-free trees that have been grown in Britain for hundreds of years. 'Pendula' can tolerate a wide range soils provided they are well-drained.
Eventual height & spread
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Morus alba Pendula:
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 tree is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
Warning
CAUTION toxic if eaten/skin & eye irritant
