Description

Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Tree

🍇🌳 One of the Best Mulberry Trees for Home Gardens! 🌳🍇

The Illinois Everbearing Mulberry is widely considered one of the finest fruiting mulberries available for home growers. Famous for its incredibly long harvest season, this fast-growing tree can produce delicious fruit continuously for 6–8 weeks, far longer than most mulberry varieties.

Its dark purple to nearly black berries resemble elongated blackberries and are packed with sweet, juicy flavor. Whether eaten fresh from the tree, made into jams, or baked into desserts, Illinois Everbearing is a reliable and rewarding addition to any edible landscape.

Why You’ll Love Illinois Everbearing

🍇 Extended Harvest Season
Produces fruit continuously for 6–8 weeks, providing fresh mulberries all summer long.

🍬 Outstanding Flavor
Sweet and juicy with a hint of tartness, often compared to blackberries but with fewer seeds.

🌱 Fast Growing
Can grow 2–3 feet per year under good growing conditions.

❄️ Exceptional Cold Hardiness
Thrives in USDA Zones 4–9 and can withstand temperatures down to approximately -25°F.

☀️ Heat Tolerant
Performs exceptionally well in both hot and cold climates.

🐝 Wildlife Friendly
Attracts birds, bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators.

💪 Highly Nutritious
Mulberries are rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals.

Growing Information

• USDA Zones: 4–9
• Mature Height: 20–30 Feet
• Mature Width: 15–20 Feet
• Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Sun
• Soil Type: Adaptable to most well-draining soils
• Water Requirements: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Pollination: Self-Fertile
• Growth Rate: Fast

Flavor Profile

🍯 Sweet and juicy

🍇 Blackberry-like flavor

😋 Excellent fresh eating quality

🥧 Great for jams, jellies, pies, wine-making, and freezing

What You’ll Receive

📦 One Healthy Illinois Everbearing Mulberry Tree

• Similar in size to the plant shown in the second photo
• Small starter plant
• Roots wrapped damp for safe shipping
• Greenhouse grown and carefully packaged

Pro Fig Growing Tip

✂️ Illinois Everbearing responds extremely well to pruning.

If you’d like easier harvesting and a more manageable tree, keep it pruned to 10–15 feet. It will continue producing heavily without becoming an oversized shade tree.

Important Information

• Greenhouse-grown plants should be gradually acclimated to outdoor conditions.
• Plants may arrive dormant depending on the season. This is normal and expected.
• Young plants establish quickly and become vigorous growers once planted.

About Pro Fig

Pro Fig is a licensed nursery located in Fresno, California. We proudly ship nationwide and specialize in quality fruiting plants and rare varieties.

🌱 Plant an Illinois Everbearing Mulberry and enjoy weeks of delicious homegrown fruit year after year!