Are there any tree experts out there? Can anyone tell me if this is a young mulberry tree?
Thursday, 24 September 2020
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Are there any tree experts out there? Can anyone tell me if this is a young mulberry tree?
Sorry I can't help with identification Shammi, will be interested to see one of your followers knows. The variagated leaves are very pretty though. Hopefully next time you visit Perth you will have a bit longer and we can catch up ✨
ReplyDeleteYoko has th answer, it's a white mulberry.
DeleteI can be of no help either, but will click for follow up comments. The very different shaped and coloured leaves are a definite anomaly.
ReplyDeleteIt is a white mulberry according to Yoko, so I will be looking out for fruit next year. I had no idea that Mulberries came in different colours.
DeleteI had no idea but my curiosity made me google to find an answer. They are the leaves of white mulberry. The reason of the different shapes is here.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/urban-jungle/pages/120724.html
Yoko
Thank you Yoko, you have solved the mystery! Very interesting about the different shapes of the leaves.
DeleteIt does looks like a mulberry to me, but my expertise is not with plants. Maybe wait for others to weigh in on this.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I suspected that this was a mulberry was that a friend had shown me some mulberry leaves from her tree and I recognised them as similar to this little tree. Otherwise I would not have guessed.
DeleteI can’t help. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteAn answer has been found!
DeleteWe have a lot of mulberries around here, planted as you say, by birds. When they start up near the house, best to yank them out by the roots. They can block waterlines and dislodge the foundation if the roots develop near the slab.
ReplyDeleteFurther away and I'd just look out for fruit when it's mature.
Thanks for the advice! Luckily this is a long way from where the roots can do any damage. I will be looking for fruit next year, although this tree may still be too much of a baby.
DeleteWhat an unusual looking tree. I'm glad you found out what it is :)
ReplyDeleteThe two different leaf shapes on the same branch struck me as very unusual. And the variegated colour too. I'll have to import some silk worms.... don't they like to lay their eggs on Mulberry?
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