Weeping White Mulberry
Morus alba 'Chapparal'
Moraceae (Fig or Mulberry Family)
▲▼ Trees
▲▼ Trees
▲▼ Leaves
▲ male flowers ('Chapparal' weeping white mulberry is a male clone)
Location near Missouri State University campus: entrance to Springfield Art Museum
Morus alba
‘Chapparal:’ Weeping White Mulberry
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leaves alternate, simple, deciduous, polymorphic in general ovate shape,
but sometimes with 2-5 lobes, serrate margins; leaves 2-7" long and 2/3 as wide;
medium glossy green above and glabrous below
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dioecious—grafted weeping mulberry is male clone
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stems yellow-green to tan or gray; glabrous; often with white sap when
cut
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bark yellow-orange on young branches, brown with age
· weeping form grows 15-20' high and wide, is grafted onto seedling trunks about 4-5' above the ground; usually need to prune branches to keep from growing along ground
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prefers full sun to part shade; not particular to soil type, but does
best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil
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fast growth rate