Mulberry – Illinois Everbearer (quart pot)

Description

A super hardy and well adapted mulberry. It becomes a large shade tree very quickly, often growing 3′-5′ per year in favorable conditions.

Illinois Everbearing Mulberry bears an abundance of sweet, dark, highly-flavored fruit, 1-1/2 inches long x 1/2 inch wide that look like elongated blackberries, and have a delicious and distinctive sweet taste. The berries start to ripen a little later than some other cultivars, and ripen continuously throughout July, August, and into September, hence the ‘Everbearing’ name.

Zone 4-9; grows to abo0ut 30 feet; prefers full sun. Berries ripen July-September; this is a self-fertile berry tree.