Morus sp. 'Issai' (Issai Mulberry)

Varieties: Everbearing, Giant, Tice, Pakistani, White. Season: Spring, summer, Everbearing produces throughout the year. Simple heart-shaped leaves to 10. Leaves are cultivated in many parts of the world as food for silk worms. Fast growing, semi-deciduous, spreading tree. Inconspicuous green/white flowers 1/2 to 1 1/4 catkins appear in late Winter to early Spring. Fruit goes from red to black as it ripens, 3/4 to 8 long. Flower to fruit in 21-30 days.

Morus 'Issai' is a compact mulberry cultivar valued for its early and reliable fruiting. It produces sweet, elongated dark berries and is well suited to small gardens and container growing due to its naturally dwarf growth habit.