There are severalspecies of mulberry trees(Morusspp . ) , which are fruit Tree that produce drupes that resemble blackberries and are enjoy by birds .

Fruitless mulberry trees are cultivar of the white mulberry ( Morus alba ) , a species native to Asia that has become invasive in many parts of North America . These deciduous trees typically have a fast growth pace and are winter hardy in USDA hardiness zone 4 to 8 .

Are Mulberry Trees Invasive?

The blanched mulberry tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is a highly invasive specie with aerofoil ancestor that can be very damaging to sidewalk and other substructure . This coinage is native to China and , because it is a host for silkworm , was introduced in North America during the colonial period as part of a break attempt to produce silk in the U.S.

In addition , the fruit of the white mulberry tree isvery messyand capable of stain sidewalks and machine and even indoor spaces if transported accidentally on the bottom of brake shoe . Therefore , planting fruitless cultivar is usually the better option .

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Fruitless white mulberry tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree are prefer because the fruit of these trees can produce quite a pot .

Fruitless Mulberry Trees

Many cultivars of mulberry tree tree are dioecious , which means there are separate manlike and distaff trees . Only female trees raise fruit . Therefore , vain mulberry tree trees are usually either male . Or , in the face of monecious mulberry trees that have both manly and female peak , some cultivar have been bred to be fruitless .

Examples of bootless mulberry trees include ' Stribling , ' ' Hempton ' and ' Bellaire . ' Let ’s take a facial expression at some additional lily-white mulberry tree cultivars that bear little or no yield .

Chaparral

The Chaparral mulberry tree cultivar ( Morus alba’Chaparral , ' zones 4 to 8) is a dwarf tree with heights between 6 and 8 feet . It is usually grafted onto a full - sized mulberry rootstock . This cultivar has a weeping growth riding habit .

Like the species white mulberry , this cultivar has dark green leaves that are usually lobed . A downside of this specie is that the limb are weak and can break easily .

Kingan

The Kingan tree ( Morus alba’Kingan , ' zone 5 to 9 ) is a male lily-white mulberry cultivar that does not make fruit . It is a fast - growing tree that can reach summit between 30 and 50 foot . This cultivar is even more drought patient of than other white mulberry cultivars .

Fruitless

The aptly named Fruitless cultivar ( Morus alba’Fruitless , ' zona 3 to 9 ) has heights between 30 and 40 feet and adds about 3 metrical foot of increase per year . This tree is consider resistant to a fungal disease know as Texas root decomposition .

Unryu

Unryu ( Morus alba’Unryu , ' zones 4 to 8) is a Nipponese mulberry tree cultivar that has gnarled , deform branch . It is open of gain up to 40 feet in height , but is usually pruned to heights of 15 feet or less . This fruitless mulberry has glossy , light green leave that are about 7 column inch foresighted and turn an attractive shade of jaundiced in the fall .

The Unryu mulberry tree is not completely bootless but produce very little fruit .

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A fruitless mulberry tree (Morus alba) spreading out in a park.