Dwarf mulberry?

James W.

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I'm confused by the "everbearing" part. Does it really do that?
I have a dwarf mulberry that I got from Bill V. Sorry no scientific name. It has the traits of what I would call dwarf, slow growing, smaller leaves and the fruit is half the size of normal, but quite edible. I had it in the ground for a year and half, which is risky where I live 5a. They do well a long lake Erie(5b) but a few miles south they die back to the ground and try to regrow. Mine tolerated its only winter but reverted back with a very vigorous sport at the base. This was a good thing for me in that it increased the caliper of the tree by more than an inch in that one growing season.
Reportedly the tree will bloom and ripen fruit all summer. And has smaller fruits.
I will withhold judgement on the dwarf part. My observation has been that leaf size and shape are very variable on mulberries, even on the same tree and same season. Vigorous shoots will have much larger leaves, in my experience.
 

ABCarve

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This is a Mulberry that’s growing on a break-wall in Lake Erie that I enjoy the berries from each year. February and July.
 

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