Illinois Everbearing Mulberry (fall delivery)

Illinois Everbearing Mulberry has the longest fruiting season of any of our mulberries, and is considered the standard go-to among mulberries. Tasty fruits begin to drop in early summer and generally continue for over 2 months. Very cold-hardy tree.  Standard sized tree topping out at about 35-40′. Bare root trees 6-8’. Zones 5-9, though some report hardiness to zone 4. Not resistant to popcorn disease. 

Unlike most other mulberry trees for sale, our mulberries are grown from tissue culture. We have selected clonal propagation from tissue culture over grafting because it offers a superior product. As a complete clone, the entire plant has the same genetics. With a grafted tree the top is different from the rootstock (also called understock) that it is grafted on. If the tree dies back below the graft, through delayed graft incompatibility, livestock damage, a brush hog or some other cause, what you’re left with is an expensive generic seedling. With a complete clone from tissue culture, the entire plant has the right genetics. Also, the benefit of clonal propagation over seedling propagation is that we know all of our trees will yield fruit, and we know what qualities they will have. 

For more information about mulberries, see our Mulberry FAQ.

Volume discounts: 4-9 trees $48,  10-24 trees $32,  25-99 trees $24,  100-249 trees $18.50,  250+ trees $15

Shipping: This product will ship out in late November or early December as a bare root tree.  If your ground is likely to be frozen by that time, we recommend a spring shipment.  Although these trees are 7′ or taller, we will head these trees to just under 6′ since shipping boxes longer than 6’ becomes much more expensive. Trees picked up will not be topped but remain at full height.

*Restricted and not available for shipment to Wisconsin.

Local pickup options:

December 2 from 9am-5pm at TFG shop on 2363 Stumptown Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602

December 5 from 8am-5pm at Rodale Institute on Siegfriedale Rd, Kutztown, PA 19530 (at Beyond Grass and Grain)