Illinois Everbearing Mulberry

Buy Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Trees for sale at Advanced Nursery Growers in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

Illinois Everbearing Mulberry is a vigorous, productive fruiting mulberry prized for its long harvest season and sweet, dark purple-black fruit. Unlike many mulberries that ripen most of their crop over a short period, Illinois Everbearing produces fruit over an extended season, providing repeated harvests from an established tree.

The elongated berries develop from red to deep purple-black when fully ripe and have a rich, sweet flavor with mild acidity. They are excellent eaten fresh from the tree and can also be used for jams, jellies, pies, cobblers, syrups, juice, wine, and other recipes.

Illinois Everbearing is believed to be a hybrid between the native Red Mulberry and introduced White Mulberry. It combines vigorous growth with heavy fruit production and develops into a broad, spreading deciduous shade tree when allowed to grow naturally.

Plant Details:

• Plant Type: Deciduous fruiting tree
• Botanical Name: Morus alba × Morus rubra 'Illinois Everbearing'
• Common Name: Illinois Everbearing Mulberry
• Mature Size: Approximately 25–40 feet tall and wide if unpruned; can be maintained smaller with regular pruning
• Growth Habit: Vigorous, broad, rounded to spreading tree
• Sun: Full sun is best for fruit production; some partial shade is tolerated
• USDA Zones: Generally Zones 4–9
• Chill Hours: A dependable cultivar-specific chill requirement is not well established; Illinois Everbearing is primarily grown as a temperate mulberry
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Harvest: Extended summer harvest; exact timing varies considerably with climate
• Fruit: Elongated berries that mature to dark purple-black
• Flavor: Sweet, rich flavor with relatively low acidity
• Fruit Uses: Fresh eating, jams, jellies, pies, cobblers, syrup, juice, wine, and preserves
• Pollination: Self-fertile; one tree can produce fruit without another mulberry variety nearby
• Soil: Adaptable to a wide range of soils but performs best in fertile, well-drained soil
• Water: Water regularly while establishing; mature mulberries have good drought tolerance
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
• Wildlife Value: Fruit is highly attractive to birds and other wildlife
• Landscape Uses: Home orchard, edible landscape, wildlife planting, shade tree, food forest, or specialty fruit planting

North Florida Growing Note:
Illinois Everbearing can be grown in the South, but we consider it a specialty trial for the Florida Panhandle rather than one of our most proven North Florida mulberry varieties.

Your area is near the warm end of the commonly listed hardiness range for this cultivar. Performance may vary depending on winter temperatures, site, soil drainage, and individual growing conditions.

For customers primarily interested in dependable local fruit production, locally proven or Southern-adapted mulberries may be preferable. Illinois Everbearing remains an interesting choice for customers who want to trial a well-known, long-bearing mulberry cultivar.

Pollination Recommendation:
Illinois Everbearing is self-fertile, so a second mulberry tree is not required for fruit production.

Planting Location Note:
Mulberries can produce large quantities of dark fruit that may stain concrete, patios, vehicles, walkways, and other hard surfaces when ripe fruit drops. We recommend planting fruiting mulberries away from driveways, sidewalks, decks, and parking areas.

Birds also enjoy ripe mulberries, so expect to share some of the harvest with local wildlife.

Local Pickup & Limited Shipping:
Local pickup is available for most plants and trees at our nursery in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

Limited shipping may be available for select trees, liners, and smaller plants in 3-gallon containers or smaller. Shipping availability depends on the variety, plant size, quantity, destination, and packaging requirements. Shipping charges are calculated separately.

Please contact us before ordering if shipping is needed so we can confirm that the plant can be shipped and provide the shipping cost.

Contact Advanced Nursery Growers:
Advanced Nursery Growers LLC
1911 McLeod Road
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435
Phone: 850-391-2228
Email: info@advancednurserygrowers.com
Website: www.AdvancedNurseryGrowers.com

Wholesale:
Wholesale pricing is available for qualified nurseries.