Description
Big Pink is a pink-fruited mulberry — a cultivar of Morus alba- the fruit color is its distinguishing characteristic: a pink that sits between the deep purple of most red and black mulberries and the white-fruited cultivars like White Ivory, giving a different visual and culinary profile from the more familiar dark mulberries.
Like Morus alba generally, Big Pink is vigorous, productive, and reasonably cold-hardy. It is self-fertile and bears reliably without a pollinator, ripens its fruit over an extended season, and produces the sweet, mild flavor characteristic of well-bred white-mulberry-lineage cultivars. The fruit works fresh-eaten, dried, or in mixed-mulberry preparations where the pink color contributes visual interest alongside dark-fruited cultivars.
Cultivar-specific documentation on Big Pink is comparatively thin — it is a more obscure selection than mulberries like Illinois Everbearing or Pakistan — but the Morus alba genetic background brings reliable cold tolerance, vigor, and productivity to the cultivar. Growing requirements match those of mulberries generally: full to half-day sun, well-drained soil, and a position with room for the tree to develop.
Overview
- Pink-fruited Morus alba mulberry selection.
- Distinctive fruit color between dark and white-fruited mulberries.
- Cold-hardy and reasonably vigorous.
- Self-fertile; bears reliably without a pollinator.
- Sweet, mild flavor characteristic of Morus alba lineage.
- Useful color contrast in a mixed-mulberry planting.
Growing Details
Latin Name: Morus alba ‘Big Pink’
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full day of sun; well-drained soil
Hardiness: Cold-hardy across a wide temperate range typical of Morus alba
Rootstock: Grafted onto mulberry rootstock
Bearing Age: Typically 2–3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: Vigorous mulberry tree habit; size manageable with pruning
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Extended season typical of Morus alba cultivars
Pollination: Self-fertile
Pests & Diseases: Mulberry is comparatively low-pressure for pests and diseases across most growing regions
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: Big Pink’s main appeal is the unusual fruit color — useful in a mixed mulberry planting alongside dark-fruited and white-fruited cultivars, where the three colors together extend visual and culinary range across the long mulberry season.
- Regional Insight: Mulberry performs broadly across temperate North America; Morus alba lineage cultivars like Big Pink suit climates from the maritime Pacific Northwest through the Midwest, Northeast, and warmer regions.
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