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Extremely easy/weedy. Full sun. Tolerates poor soil.
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Mulberry Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit
Morus alba / rubra
From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.
THE PLANT NOTEBOOK
Mulberry care, from seed onward.
- Botanical name
- Morus alba / rubra
- Common names
- Mulberry Tree
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Morus
- Species
- M. spp
Growing with your kit
Fast growth makes it an instant gratification project in the Seeds In A Cup® line.
Propagation
Seed or cuttings.
Seasonal growth & harvest
Fruits in early summer. Messy (stains pavement).
Growing conditions
Forest edges and disturbed areas.
Weather & tolerances
Pollution, drought, and heat tolerant.
Pests & plant health
Generally pest free.
Plant safety
Unripe fruit and milky sap are mildly toxic/hallucinogenic; ripe fruit is safe.
Botanical features
A fast-growing deciduous tree. Fruit looks like a long blackberry.
Varieties
‘Illinois Everbearing’.
Garden & everyday uses
Edible fruit. White Mulberry leaves are the sole food of silkworms
Native range & distribution
Global; Alba (China), Rubra (USA).
Conservation
Red Mulberry is threatened by hybridization with invasive White Mulberry.
Name origins
Latin ‘morus’.
History
King James I imported thousands to England hoping to start a silk industry (he bought the wrong species).
TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING
Your next beginning, in a cup.
Seeds In A Cup® grow kits matched to mulberry.
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