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| Somehow this is growing in my garden.
Can you tell me what ind of tree it is. One of the branches is about 5 feet high, and I believe it's grown to that size over the fall and winter. Is it a tree that will get very large? Should I try to relocate it?
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| Mulberry? |
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| I'd agree with the mulberry suggestion. In many areas it is pretty weedy - the birds eat the berries and it gets seeded around. I would remove it and not transplant it. |
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| Yes, its a mulberry. The fruit that it grows in a few years could be fantastic, or they could be as flavorless as kleenex. You can get rid of it, you can let it grow as is into a tree, or you could even keep it small and grow for foliage interest by cutting it back to ground level each spring. However, if you want a good fruiting mulberry to make pies, jam, wine, etc., I'd recommend you ditch the seedling and buy a named, grafted tree, such as an 'Illinois Everbearing'. |
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| Thanks so much! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, May 28, 11 at 7:43
| there is a tree forum.. but i dont care where you post ... mulberry... invasive bird planted weed ... and very hard to garden under .. if you have one.. there are probably 100 more out there ... i would not encourage such.. unless you have some acres to have one ... when you pull out a mulberry ... they have yellow roots... so you usually know what you just killed ... and it will probably be 10 to 15 years.. before you find out if it a female.. or a non-fruit producing male ..... |
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