Here is a tree in my yard.
I thought it was a white mulberry but it nevers produces fruit.
I also thought it could be a red mulberry also.
In the spring it formed a few tassles but nothing ever grew. I did notice a squirrel chewing on a leaf one morning and I thouhgt f'sure it was a mulberry because I have seen that before.
mulberries fruit here in late spring which would be April in this area.
I want berries but I am flummoxed.
I have been pruning this tree for a few years to make it motre 'shaped' for the space.
Trees for 800 Alex
Here is another treee along a r-o-w that catches my attention. I would like to transplant one or two seedlings into a new area that I am developing at home for landscsping. Fun thing about Louisian is that you can eassily transplant just about anything even tree up to 20-25 ft.
As you can see it has very broad leaf.
The fruit is not ripe yet but it is yellowish inside with large seeds and is about the size of a billiard ball.
I thought it might be a Chinese Parasol from my te=ree guides but leafs don't match at all.
I know it is not a paw paw.
Broussonetia papyrifera?
Are any of the leaves in the shape of a mitten?
DDSM
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> Broussonetia papyrifera?
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> Are any of the leaves in the shape of a mitten?
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> DDSM
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It could be a type of paper mulberry that is different than the ones that grow in eastern NC. The ones that grow here have leaves that are very thick. The ones in the first photo are very shiny. The NC paper mulberry would have leaves that look more like they are covered in a thin layer of wool.
Larry P
no red flower for paper mulberry.
I think it is a white mulberry that isn't producing yet. maybe because of my irratic pruning. 😐
and the squirrel chomping on the leaves in the Spring.
It does have miiten leaves on the lower branches at the ends.....new growth.
I am going to prune it at the end of July which is the time that is recommended by the horticulture folks. Then iI will fertilize with a 10-10-10.
This will probaly be all for naught since the birds and other critters will have a happy hour feast beforeI can get them.
I had a pretty white Mulberry tree at my old hopuse in New Orleans. It attracted all kinds of feeders including monk parakeets and mounted police horses when it was fruiting. My understanding was that the fruit contains a high sugar content that the critters would get a lil loopy on by ingesting.
It looks kinda like a Mulberry. I'm not sure.
My understanding was that the fruit contains a high sugar content that the critters would get a lil loopy on by ingesting.
I've seen this with the Chokecherry trees, the fruit falls to the ground, or even begins to ferment on the tree. Then the grackles (black birds) come eat them and get drunk. They actually stagger around on the ground.:drink:
American Linden Tree. It resembles mulberry, but in it's juvineille state, it looks more like ragweed. Great shade trees though, and they are miscalled for mulberries all the time around here. Carolina Basswood is another common name for it.
Dan, the mitt is the calling card of the mullberry. The Linden tree has none except in the very juvenile state.
Trees for 800 Alex
I finally IDed/realized that this is an American Tung Oil tree.
Maybe I will not transplant to my yard and I am glad I did not eat a seed. :-X
With my foggy brain, i do now recall hearing that this area ahad a lot of Tung plantations in the 19th century. Then some Hurricane blew through once and that was it for Tung trees.
Here is a Univ of Fl link. It is a pretty tree.
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/31
I don't know maybe with this new section of my yard, I wil plant Southern poisoinous and deadly plants like Tung, Oleander and Datura. sort of My Secret Deasdly Garden.
I alresdy have on the other side of the house a variety of Ginger plants.