Mulberry DWARF – Red Shahtoot

Plant family: Moraceae

Plant origin: India, Pakistan, Southern China and Sri Lanka.

Fruit description: DWARF Red Shahtoot Mulberry has a long sweet dark red fruit, up to 10 cm long. They are produced in large numbers. They turns from green to dark red when ripe. Ripe fruit is very soft, and very sweet. Kids love them!

Flowers: The flowers are pale and tiny in long furry bunches.

Growing conditions: The DWARF Red Shahtoot Mulberry is a handsome deciduous, umbrella-shaped tree. It can be trained to an ornamental standard shape. The leaves are dark green, lobed, and can be as big as your hand. The tree provides good shade. It grows rapidly up to 2.5 metres tall, it can be easily grown in a pot. Plant the tree in well-drained soil, in a sunny position. These trees are tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and moisture conditions and are frost tolerant. Mulch the tree and feed it during the growing season. Pruning in winter or after fruiting encourages more fruit to be produced.

Uses: DWARF Red Shahtoot Mulberries are very sweet and delicious! Eat them fresh, stewed, in pies and crumbles, with cream or ice-cream. They make delicious jam and jelly, ice-cream, wine and liqueur.

Medicinal uses:

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating.

Harvest time DWARF Red Shahtoot Mulberry fruit are produced in Spring and Summer, ripening over a long time so you can keep picking fruit to enjoy. Pick them when ripe as they do not ripen after picking. Ripe fruit fall off the tree or drop easily into your hand. You can freeze the fruit.

Plant relatives DWARF Black Mulberry - Grafted Forbidden Fruits Dwarf variety Black Mulberry White Mulberry White Shahtoot Mulberry

Special features: Mulberry leaves are the food source for Silk Worms which are the source of silk.

Grown by method: Grafted Pot size: 6 litre

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2.5 metres high by 2 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 2.5 metres high by 2.5 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 6 litre