Mulberry Cold Hardiness - Varieties & Temperatures
This video discusses cold hardiness of a number of mulberry varieties under specific winter-time temperatures. Our farm is in zone 8a and experienced unique lows this winter that let us evaluate cold hardiness for our mulberry trees both in pots and in-ground.
If you have any questions or your own cold hardiness experience, please let us know in the comment section below. Thanks!
SEVERE COLD WEATHER DAMAGE:
These mulberry varieties showed severe cold weather damage both in-ground and in-pot where all buds were killed and all above ground wood was discolored and dead:
Maui
Australian
World's Best
Thai Dwarf
Middleton
Lebanese Heart
French Syrian
Issai Dwarf
Four Seasons
MODERATE COLD WEATHER DAMAGE:
These mulberry varieties showed moderate cold weather damage both in-ground and in-pot where some buds survived and much of the above ground wood still has good color:
Florida Giant
Shangri La
Tehama
Valdosta
Wacissa
MILD COLD WEATHER DAMAGE:
And here are the pleasant surprises! Mulberry varieties both in-ground and in-pot that we thought would suffer in cold as low as 10F but actually did quite well with only some bud loss and slight discoloring.
Dwarf Everbearing
Lakeland
Jan's Best
Oscar
Tice
Delightful
NO COLD WEATHER DAMAGE:
Again, the majority of our mulberry varieties showed no cold damage whatsoever...
Beautiful Day
Big Red
Big White
Black Beauty
Black Prince
Boysenberry
Buluklu
Callie's Delight
Contorted
David Smith
Early Bird
Easter Egg
Firm Red
Galicija
Girardi Dwarf
Grover's Best
Hicks
Hunza Black
Illinois Everbearing
Italian
Kip Parker
Kokuso
Long Red
Maple Leaf
Miss Kim
Noir de Spain
Northrop
Pandora's Box Weeping
Paradise
Persian
River View Russian
Riviera
Rupp's Romanian
San Martin
Shelli
Silk Hope
Varaha
Weeping
Wellington
White Persian
Wonderberry
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☀️About our Growing Zone:
Lopez Island is in the Maritime Pacific Northwest Zone 8A . Summertime temperatures rarely exceed 70F with occasional maximums in the 80s. Wintertime temperatures rarely go below 32F with occasional lows in the low 20s. Our farm is on a south facing slope at 220ft of elevation with unobstructed sunshine for the majority of the day.