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Variety of Red mulberry · Morus rubra
Native red mulberry, long-lived and hardy, with edible and ornamental fruit.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Morus rubra
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 3 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Sweet dark fruit; the tree can live up to 125 years.
Notes
Native US selection, more cold hardy than black mulberry; messy fruit can stain vehicles and driveways.
Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Red mulberry unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page
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