Silk Hope Mulberry Size:Bareroot (2'-3') sweet-as-honey flavor

sweet-as-honey flavor

Eat them off the tree in August for almost a month

small tree displays large clusters of white flowers followed by abundant

Pollination: Needs Pollinizer

Silk Hope Mulberry Size:Bareroot (2'-3') sweet-as-honey flavorMorus alba x rubra 'Silk Hope' Since mulberry leaves (from the imported M. alba variety only) are the sole food source of the silkworm, some American trees date to the early 1800's, when North Carolina was part of a thriving silk industry which, unfortunately, was soon eclipsed by foreign competition. Silk Hope, a chance wild cross discovered by mulberry breeding legend A. J. Bullard, boasts the historic pedigree of M. alba crossed with our native M.