Yugoslavia mulberry trees
Morus alba x Morus kagayamae - Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Yugoslavia is a traditional Mulberry found growing throughout the region of the former country of Yugoslavia. The fruits are red or black, and produced from a relatively early age.
The fruits fall to the ground as soon as they are ripe, which saves the effort of climbing the tree for harvest.
The Yugoslavia mulberry is thought to be a natural hybrid of the white mulberry (Morus alba) and the plane tree mulberry (Morus kagayamae). One of the characteristics of the latter is the tendency for the fruits to drop to the ground when ripe.
Yugoslavia organic mulberry trees for sale
Next deliveries: December 2024 - February 2025
11-yeartree 28.00€
Very large tree
(5m-6m+ after 10 years)
Bare-root
22-year Half-standardtree 38.00€
Very large tree
(5m-6m+ after 10 years)
Bare-root
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Our 2-year trees and some pot-grown trees are too big or unsuitable for mail-order and are only available for collection direct from the nursery. Please contact us if you wish to order.Growing and Training
The fruits are borne on this season's growth, so heavy pruning is possible for training and shaping the tree.
The blossom has some resistance to late frosts.
Yugoslavia characteristics
- Gardening skillAverage
- Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
- Disease resistanceGood
- Picking seasonMid
- Season of use1-3 days
- Food usesEating freshCulinaryDual purpose
- Fruit colourRed / Black
More about Mulberry trees
Mulberries are sweet fruits which bruise easily and do not keep. For this reason they are rarely available in shops, and growing your own is a good option.
Most mulberries are relatively slow-growing fruit trees which eventually get quite large. They are easy to grow, and generally unaffected by diseases, and usually self-fertile.
Mulberries come out of dormancy very late in the spring, around the end of May, when most other trees are already in full leaf.
The fruit is borne throughout the canopy of the tree, out of reach from the ground. The usual method of picking is by shaking the branches when the fruit is ripe in July - August. However you may need to net the tree (or some of the branches) as the fruits are popular with birds.
Pruning is not usually necessary. However mulberries generally fruit on this season's growth, so hard-pruning is a good way to control size, or to aid in training the form of the tree.
Being naturally slow-growing most mulberries can be grown in large pots or planters for a decade or more, although trees grown this way may eventually need to be planted in open ground.
Our mulberry trees are either grafted on Morus alba rootstock, or raised directly from cuttings. In either case they will eventually become full-size standard trees.
