Weeping Mulberry Tree?

I think this is the tree I want, but have not found specific info on the care of this tree. How often would it need pruned to maintain it's "umbrella" look? Does anyone have one they prune to look like an umbrella...How do you prune it?

Weeping Mulberry Tree?
Ahhh, the Weeping Mulberry....my very favourite tree! I unfortunately had to leave mine behind when we moved, but there should be a new one in my future soon I hope!





Since this tree naturally grows in it's umbrella shape the length of how long you want the branches that hang down and form the umbrella is up to you. We used to prune ours using loppers once a year in the fall, we cut back any suckers growing on it and then cut the branches to whatever length we liked. It never seemed to matter how short we cut up the branches that tree always did very well come the spring. They are a very easy tree to maintain.


The one thing you should consider before purchasing your tree is whether or not you want one with or without fruit. Mine was a fruiting one, mulberries are a dark purple colour and are very tasty! And boy did that tree produce a lot of berries. Unfortunately the birds like them too, so when the berries came out I used to cover the tree in cheese cloth, just draped it over loosely, and that deterred them from the tree. (Sure the neighbours thought I was crazy!)





Then obviously the other type of mulberry is the one with that doesn't produce fruit, so make sure you ask or read the tags carefully so you do get the kind of tree you want and enjoy it when you do plant it!!
Reply:it grows quite naturally in the form of an "umbrella". I always just clipped the dead undergrowth and occasionally trimmed some of the top growth to keep it a bit lower than it would otherwise want to grow.......they are beautiful trees....messy trees and require very little intervention from us
Reply:Just watch the branches. You can easily tell which one to lop off. They are easy to keep in that form. They just do that.





But be sure to keep any suckers off the roots and trunk from growing.

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