Weeping White Mulberry

Weeping White Mulberry

Morus alba 'Chapparal'

Moraceae (Fig or Mulberry Family)

▲ ▼ 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

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
dioecious--grafted weeping mulberry is male clone
stems yellow-green to tan or gray; glabrous; often with white sap when cut
bark yellow-orange on young branches, brown with age
'Chapparal' is just one of the cultivars of weeping white mulberry; a number of others exist, including 'pendula,' which is a female clone and will produce mulberry fruit
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
prefers full sun to part shade; not particular to soil type, but does best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil
fast growth rate