I had a 20 footer in my yard when I was a kid. They are sooooo tasty when ripe. The only bad thing was the giant thorns. ouch!
Three mile island Mulberries? Don't recall mulberries having giant thorns.
I had a 20 footer in my yard when I was a kid. They are sooooo tasty when ripe. The only bad thing was the giant thorns. ouch!
Three mile island Mulberries? Don't recall mulberries having giant thorns.
That's what I was thinking. I have 2 mulberry trees with no thorns.
I think they are elderberries. Surprised you didn't recognize the smell.
I have a love hate relationship with mulberry trees. On one hand I love having some around for the fruit, on the other they are the weed of the tree world. They will grow anywhere and you can't kill the darn things!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fight them every year!
I think they are elderberries. Surprised you didn't recognize the smell.
The one we had definitely had thorns. 2" long ones at that. they werent close together except on the sections smaller than your fingers, and were woody and did not regrow after they were broken off.
Racoons also love them...then they leave colorful "deposits" .
Racoons also love them...then they leave colorful "deposits" .
... I don't care much for them but the birds sure do. Then they leave blue poop everywhere.
The one we had definitely had thorns. 2" long ones at that. they werent close together except on the sections smaller than your fingers, and were woody and did not regrow after they were broken off.
Mulberry don't have thorns but I am at a loss to name what tree that has purple berries that does.
You sure that it wasn't a hawthorn? Mulberries do not have thorns. Though I find it hard to mistake a mulberry for a hawthorn tree, they do have thorns and produce berries.
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I grew up with a mulberry tree above our swing set, tree house and sand box when I was a kid. Those things make one hell of a mess. They stain skin, clothes, feet, everything.
If you can keep them out of your yard, I'd recommend doing so.