Botanical Name: Morus alba ‘Fruitless’
Common Name: Fruitless Mulberry, White Mulberry
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, mostly single-trunked, low-branching tree, with vigorously spreading branches forming a broad rounded canopy; tips of branches sometimes droop
Height 20-35'(40')
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate very rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil prefers deep loam soils; tolerates most, including alkaline
Hardiness hardy (all zones); thrives in hot inland areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves variable in shape and size: palmate, 3-5 lobed, coarsely-serrated-crenate; 3-6" (10") long, 1/2-3/4 as wide: dark green above/pale below
Flowers inconspicuous; mostly in small catkins; spring-early summer
Fruit absent in the 'fruitless' varieties
 
Propagation:
semihardwood or hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
widely used, very fast-growing dense shade tree; requires too much pruning to be considered a good accent tree; aggressive, roots and brittle wood
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular preferred; tolerates drought after established; thrives in heavily irrigated locations if drainage is good
Fertilizing little required; check for iron chlorosis as needed
Pruning stake and head high when young; develop scaffold
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Moraceae

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