General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 10 to 25 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Compound fruits, 3/4 to 1 inch fleshy green, ripening to reddish-purple
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Other: Female flowers are white, male flowers are greenish
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering

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Common names
  • Japanese Mulberry
  • Korean Mulberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Morus australis
  • Synonym: Morus bombycis

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Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2023-10-24
full-grown tree in fall foliage

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Nov 4, 2023 4:49 PM concerning plant:
    While I was wandering with my camera on the east side of Morton Arboretum, I ran across this species that I never saw before. It has large leaves about 6 to 7 inches long that are dark green and lustrous and turn yellow in the fall. The inner branches are supposed to be slightly corkscrew in their manner. Dr. Michael Dirr wrote that it is originally from China, but is growing in much of east Asia.

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