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Gabe Gordon wrote:Has anyone out there had any luck finding a nursery online anywhere that carries true red mulberries (bare root or otherwise, I’ll take any I could get) and not just morus alba being mistakenly advertised as morus rubra?
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Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
raven ranson wrote:
What country are you in? If you feel comfortable, please share what part of your country you are in as there are some pretty weird restrictions on where and what trees can ship to different regions.
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Gabe Gordon wrote:UPDATE: It took some searching but I have in fact found a red mulberry at a great nursery about two hours from me (they also do online business and I highly recommend them) called Just Fruits and Exotics, here’s the link for anybody else interested: https://justfruitsandexotics.com/product/wacissa-mulberry-tree/
Roy Hinkley wrote:I bought a couple from these folks in Ontario.
http://puslinchnaturallynativetrees.ca/the-plight-of-the-red-mulberry/
Johannes Schweinhardt wrote:
If you don't mind me asking, what characteristic(s) did you use to identify what you purchased as a morus rubra?
Gabe Gordon wrote:
Johannes Schweinhardt wrote:
If you don't mind me asking, what characteristic(s) did you use to identify what you purchased as a morus rubra?
The leaves were the first give away, very tight and sharp serrations on the edge, matte in appearance, slightly fuzzy underneath and generally a very rough leaf alltogether. The leaf buds also look pretty spot on
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr_237.pdf
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