Mulberry Leaf Identification: Why One Tree Grows So Many Different Leaf Shapes

Mulberry Leaf Identification: Why One Tree Grows So Many Different Leaf Shapes

I’ll never forget the afternoon last spring when Margaret from my garden club stood beneath my young white mulberry and delivered the news with absolute certainty: the nursery had sold me three trees in one pot. She walked me slowly around the trunk, pointing at the leaves like a prosecutor presenting evidence. Here was a … Read more

How to Propagate Mulberry Trees: Cuttings, Seed, Air Layering, and Grafting Compared

How to Propagate Mulberry Trees: Cuttings, Seed, Air Layering, and Grafting Compared

Two summers ago, my neighbor Ruth sold her house. The first thing the buyers mentioned at the fence was that the 40-year-old mulberry shading her back porch was “coming down for a patio.” That tree had fed my family jam for a decade — half its canopy hung over my side. I had exactly one … Read more