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[Lee Reich <garden@leereich.com>]

Whitman's M. nigra is a true M. nigra as evident from the leaf shape and texture and the stoutness of the branches as well as fruit quality and ripening time. The reason I grow it in a pot here in Zone 5 of New York is so that I can overwinter the pot in my very cool basement.

Lee Reich, PhD

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On Mar 24, 2007, at 12:18 AM, Michael Nave wrote:

Morus nigra is widely grown worldwide in areas with

zone 7 and zone 8 type temperatures and is reported

sometimes growing in zone 6 and maybe even zone 5. The

biggest problem we have in the US with regard to morus

nigra is that we have a relatively small amount of

true morus nigra germplasm.

I don't believe Shangri La is morus nigra. It has

black fruit but it doesn't look like morus nigra at

all. And the fruit is not that good. Whitman is a very

good nursery but many nurseries seem to think that

black fruited mulberries must be morus nigra and that

simply isn't true.

I'm not sure though why so many people in cooler areas

are fixated on growing morus nigra. I have two morus

nigra but prefer Silk Hope, Oscars and Illinois

Everbearing mulberries. I don't care whether they are

morus nigra, morus rubra etc. I just care how they

taste and how well they grow.

But if you're set on morus nigra, try Ernie

Grimo(Grimo Nut Nursery) who I believe has a true zone

7 morus nigra. Or you can request scionwood next

winter from the USDA's germplasm collection. They have

Shah Tut and a few other true morus nigra trees. I

think they even have a zone 5 or 6 morus nigra from

Russia.

--- "drosehngs1@juno.com" <drosehngs1@juno.com> wrote:

Has anyone out there had success growing a black

mulberry (morus nigra,

not morus alba nor morus alba x rubra) on the east

coast?  If so, what

cultivar?

Whitman Farms indicates morus nigra to be hardy to

zone 7, and one

variety (shangri-la) appears to be able to handle

humidity (though I

believe Lee Reich states this is a morus alba and

rather bland).

Please advise.  Thank you.

George Drosehn (zone 7)

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