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Dwarf Everbearing mulberry. A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tree is of a dwarf habit (can be maintained 6-10 ft tall), extremely hardy and productive. Great for container culture. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit almost year round.
"Revelation 22: Verse 2: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month. and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

Illinois Everbearing is one of the best mulberry varieties you can grow. A cross between the white and red mulberry, it combines the hardiness of one with the rich flavor of the other.
This tree is hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 10, surviving temperatures down to -20F while also thriving in summer heat and poor soils. It grows quickly, adding 3 to 5 feet a year and maturing into a 20 to 30 ft shade tree. Its foliage is also attractive, with deeply carved, oak-like leaves that add ornamental value to the tree. Some trees even fruit in their first year.
The long, everbearing season is one of its biggest strengths. Berries about an inch and a half long ripen steadily from July into September, instead of all at once. They are sweet, juicy, and slightly tangy, often considered the best-tasting mulberries. Each tree can yield 15 to 25 pounds of fruit by its second or third year.
Illinois Everbearing is low-maintenance, generally free of pests and diseases, and easy to establish. Plant it for the fruit, the quick shade, or the wildlife it attracts. With good care, this tree can be a long-lived part of your garden.

Rare and hard-to-find, this dwarf mulberry performs admirably as a container plant. The fruit is larger than dwarf mulberry and the plant flowers and fruits most of the year in repeating cycles. When grown as a container plant, its plump sweet fruit is easily picked and is also easily protected from birds with lightweight netting. It is hardy as a garden plant in zones 5-9. When grown outdoors, it is deciduous. When grown inside, it will hold its leaves and continue to flower and fruit as long as the light level is high enough.

Giant fruit Mulberry - makes 2-3" long fruit! A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tastes like extra-sweet blackberries. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit all spring.

Rare mulberry - Australia. Really long fruit, it is very sweet.
Very rare variety.

A compact, round dwarf everbearing mulberry that stays small but produces big. Burgundy Berry Dwarf loads up with deep burgundy fruit all Spring through Summer, often covering the plant from top to bottom. The berries are plump, sweet, and easy to pick - especially when grown in a container. It fruits on old wood as well as new so it often bears fruit the first year of planting. Unlike other mulberry varieties, it fruits for nearly five months, from April-May to September. The compact shrub grows to a manageable 3-5' tall and is ideal for container growing.
Perfect for patios, small gardens, or edible landscapes, this variety performs beautifully in pots and stays naturally bushy without constant pruning. Cold hardy in zones 7-11 and tough enough to handle heat, it is a reliable, productive mulberry for a wide range of climates.
See video of this specific specimen - Mulberry tree Burgundy Berry Dwarf - in our garden:
How to have fruit year around: Everbearing Mulberry

Florida Giant Mulberry - produces long narrow fruit, about 2 inches long, light purple in color. Flesh is sweet with just right balance of sweet and sour. Vigorous tree, often grows 6-10 ft per year. Large heart shaped leaves make tree very attractive. Despite the name, it's reportedly hardy to zone 6

Plump, bountiful berries with irresistible flavor. Relatively modest-sized tree yields plump, black fruit with a tantalizingly sweet-tart taste. Creates landscape interest with giant, heart-shaped leaves. Originated in Florida, but also grows well further north. Pest- and disease-resistant. Drought and heat-tolerant. Ripens April through summer. Self-pollinating. Morus alba

Mulberry variety Tice (sometimes spelled Tise). 2" long fruit. A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tastes like extra-sweet blackberries. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit all spring.

White Mulberry - produces medium-sized, white color fruit. Very sweet flavor, with no tartness. Tree is medium sized and very productive. Fruit doesn't stain and has excellent qualities when dried.