What a sweet tasty treat to have mulberries! Better yet, have mulberries growing in your yard that produce every spring in Late March and April! Mulberries are my favorite fruits growing in my home garden that produce abundantly every year. I have always loved the fruit and the broad leaves that are amazing for shade. They tree canopy can get large and give a back east feel to your garden. The trees are fast growing with a height depending on the type of mulberry. I grow the Shangri- La variety that has a red fruit that turns purple with completely ripe. The Shangri- La mulberry grows 25′ tall and wide which creates a micro-climate underneath it. It’s shade will cool down the surface temperature 10-15 degrees on a hot 115 F degree July day in the Sonoran Desert. The red mulberry tree leaves are not lobed while the white mulberry leaves are.

At our beautiful Garden Social nursery, we carry the overbearing white mulberry in 15 gallon pots and are already acclimated to our climate location so they will do well when transplanted into the soil. As with all plants, they love to have drainage, but the mulberry trees are not too fussy. Mix some good Garden social soil into the ground before planting the mulberry tree, make a berm around the canopy tree line and water it in. Water it 3 times a week to get the trees established. You will be impressed to see the trees grow fast and mature with beautiful green foliage.

Shangri-La Mulberries

The trees go dormant in the winter from late November to mid February. The leaves dry up well and turn crispy for mulch and fertilize the soil, making it a perfect ecosystem plant for your garden. Oh my what Beautiful Trees and tasty fruits we have here.