Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry Tree

I’m confused. The description above says: “When your tree matures, it will be approximately 10 - 15' tall x 15 - 20' wide.” This is very different than 2-6’ tall.

My 2 trees are each 3 years old and are 15 ft high and 5 feet spread, the trunk is still young about as wide as my wrist (I'm a petite female, my wrist is 6" inches wide measuring with sewing tape measure).

This tree can be kept in a 25" container but not longer than 5 years, as the roots will want to be in-ground and will start growing through the container. My 2 mulberry trees are now planted in-ground. When they were in pots they were 10 ft tall with a 3 foot spread.

Mulberry trees of any kind, whether dwarf or not--prefer to be in-ground after 5 years. Even my 2 were growing roots through the bottom of their container in their 2nd year. I really tried to keep them in containers but their roots really want to grow into the ground and will grow right through the pot. We had to cut the thick roots (about as thick as my finger and 2-3 feet long) in order to move them.

From now on I won't keep any mulberry trees in containers longer than 2 years.

I have the dwarf everbearing, and also the Girardi dwarf, and the big sized Pakistani. Now, my Pakistani has been in a 35" container for 3 years and has already grown through its container, we are going to remove it and plant it in-ground this fall and it is going to be a big job removing its root. That one is not dwarf.

So if you want to grow a dwarf mulberry in a container you could do so for 5-6 years IF you continue to up the size of its container and by year 3-5 have it in a 25"-35" pot. But just know that its roots will be growing in the soil underneath that pot. I don't think it will be very healthy kept in a pot for that long without letting its roots grow underneath into the soil. Not get much fruit that is.

So to keep a dwarf mulberry to the size of 2'-6' you'd have to keep it very pruned and it wouldn't really produce much fruit after a while (years) will be miserable in that prison and not a happy tree for the sake of ?.

I purchased 10 this year. My smallest is about 5 ft already. The other 9 are between 7-10 ft.

This is a two year old tree and takes 2-3 years to bear. You can find the years-to-bear information in the Characteristics section, near the top of the page, underneath the description.

I have rhubarb, hosta, mint, lemon balm and chamomile, but I would think anything would be fine, as long as it's not disrupting the roots, and actually, if you prune the top part of the mulberry in winter, it probably wouldn't be horrible if you nicked a root. I'm using this variety as a decoy plant; I have Gerardi Dwarf mulberries in another garden, and wow, much bigger fruit and flavor that is unbelievably good. I got a few tiny mulberries of this variety and maybe they will get bigger with time, but right now, I'd suggest the Gerardi, which supposedly remain smaller.

Both of my dwarf everbearing trees are at least 15 ft high and have a 5 ft spread. They are 3 years old. They spent almost 3 years in containers and we just planted them in-ground 4 months ago. We anticipate them growing 20 feet with a 10-15 ft spread. We will prune them 1x in winter.

Could keep them in a container for 5 years with pruning but after 5-6 years--and ever before that like in 3 years--that it won't be a happy tree and will want to spread its roots in-ground. Both of my everbearing dwarf mulberry trees grew their roots through their containers into the soil and were beautiful, still both in containers but their thick main roots were in the ground right through their containers.

I finally had to plant them in the desert behind our house because they will get too big for our tiny yard.

There is a GIRARDI dwarf that is small enough, stays sort of like a bush and we have that one in our tiny yard, but the everbearing dwarfs grow much bigger than that.

Not sure if Stark Bros sells the Girardi type, if they do and you want a small mulberry tree then that would be the really only TRUE dwarf of a mulberry.

This variety requires 400 chilling hours.

We appreciate you reaching out to us. At this time, this tree is actually not grafted. It is grown from a rooted cutting.

If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!

Usually in San Joaquin Valley area (zone 9) California, around month of May.