Description
Excellent quality, large mulberries ripen for a long season, up to several months! Silk Hope mulberry is similar to Illinois Everbearing in flavor, appearance, and fruiting habit. A J Bullard, a North Carolina fruit enthusiast, found the original tree in Silk Hope, NC. An excellent choice for the South because it is not as prone to getting popcorn disease, which is a fungal disease mulberries can get in the South. Reports say it is very resistant.
NATURALLY GROWN – no synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, fungicides, neo-nictinoids, or other pesticides or toxic ag chemicals used at our nursery
Mulberries grow very fast under good conditions and even the small size should be bearing fruit within a few seasons. Our mulberries are all high quality, cuttings-propagated.
Uses: Perfect for fresh eating, jams, wines.
Resistant to: Popcorn fungal disease.
Pollination: Mulberries need no pollination to set fruit.
Rootstock: Grafted onto native Red Mulberry (Morus rubra).
Plant Size: CHOOSE SIZE. Shipped Bare-Root February-April, Shipped in tree pots May-October.
Zones 6-9
