Mulberry Tree Has Arrived - 200cm+ Morus Nigra

[The Unusual Fruit Garden]

I have just took delivery of the Mulberry tree I managed to source from a local garden centre which was very reasonably priced (£80) compared to other trees I've seen online of the same height.(£150+) The Mulberry is a Morus Nigra and s a few years old and is already over 200cm tall, the mulberry has already been topped from the main branch which should allow me to train the mulberry in to an espalier trellis to try and keep the height of the mulberry tree manageable. I plan on planting the mulberry tree in a full size whiskey barrel as I do not have the space to plant such a potentially large tree. Another reason of planting the mulberry in a full size whiskey barrel is that if I move property in the future I can take it with me. Here's a video of the tree for anyone interested

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zxWb52_SX0

[boatsman]

I've seen huge mulberry trees in Jerusalem. The big snag is that a lot of the fruit ripens and then falls off the tree and makes a big mess on the ground.

[DannyK]

The traditional way to pick them is to spread a sheet under tree and shake it and collect fruit off sheet.

Like with blackberries washing lines should be sited well away from them to avoid coloured bird droppings.

[veggiechicken]

A friend had a mulberry that he planted in the border alongside the drive at the front of the house. The mulberries dropped on the car and ruined the paintwork and fell on the drive leaving red, slippy deposits and the birds pinched the fruit and dropped it everywhere else.
He didn't even like the fruit!!