In September of last year I went a little bit wild and purchased seven fruit trees online.
A few of them I was more than a little disappointed with, and I actually had plans to complain and send them back. I hate to have to argue my case against bad service though, so I hung on to them and although it took a long time, I eventually got them out of their plastic and into the ground.
After all the rain we had here in Brisbane, the fruit trees really seemed to perk up and put forth quite a lot of new growth. So I revised my opinion of the nursery I had bought them from, and went back to their website to see what else they had.
Looking at the fruit tree list, I noticed that written at the top of the page was something along the lines of "all trees will fruit within a year".
Yeah, good luck with that, I thought to myself.
The mulberry tree had been in a bad position during all the rain, and I'd dug it up and moved it to another location halfway through January of this year. There was no way it was going to fruit this summer after that.
Well I was wrong.
This is my fruiting within the year mulberry tree.
I am quite possibly as excited as it gets.
22 comments:
There will be fruit on that tree after all! I would never notice fruit forming is such early stage.
You will need to live to a great age now to see the best of your Mulberry tree!
Esther
It is early...let me try again.
Glad I found your pretty blog and I am looking forward to following.
Also, on my latest posting I have awarded you the Stylish Blogger Award.:)
"Happy Valentine's Day!" your tree is saying! I suppose it's because you've taken such good care of it. Now we'll be able to watch the tree grow over time. :-)
Yay! I love it when that happens! Or when anything grows (except weeds) for that matter. Enjoy those mulberries.
Ali, I think having a fruiting Mulberry tree puts you in the "Elite Gardeners" category, doesn't it? Here in the UK, having a Mulberry tree (or a Medlar)in your garden is considered the height of gardening achievement!
And as they say, "Size doesn't matter"...
Well tis wannabe 'elite gardener' is trying to grow a mulberry tree in Scotland...
But I think you have a bit of an advantage with your climate, Down South, Ali.
I've put it in the wrong place for starters, but if King James could grow them in Greenwich, I'm having a go in Edinburgh!
Woo hoo!!! I think this definitely puts you in the green thumb club now Ali. Plants know when they are well looked after.
Go team mulberry. Mulberries are fun - remind me to give you my mulberry pie recipe when you're ready.
Congratulations on your little fruiting trees! Your mulberry looks quite happy and a little fruity!
I want to say pfft but what about the bananas, but I suppose this is a great achievement too. :p
I've started to look around at fruit trees and I think they might be my next addiction after veggies and herbs.
How exciting...perhaps it liked being moved...it looks great...nice and green and healthy!
dear ali, i am excited too for you. i always wanted a mulberry tree but somehow never got round to it. the rainy weather is brilliant for helping plants to get established. cheers, cm
Yay!!! Hope the birds don't get them before you do. :)
Ooo thank you everyone for your lovely, lovely comments! Catmint, the rain has done wonders for the fruit trees, and if you don't get a mulberry I'll share mine with you :)
Theanne, the move must have done it good, it was perhaps a little shady where it was previously.
Kat, I was losing light and had to move fast! But I am so glad you noticed their absence.
Daffodil and the lovely little piggy, thank you :)
Wendy, I will remember to ask you when I have more than 10 berries to use in a pie!
Missy, a green thumb hey... I'd like that... I'd like that a lot.
Mal mulberry trees are everywhere here in Brisbane, so yes, they must like the climate. Good luck with yours, perhaps a few hot water bottles in the winter time? :p
Byddi, weeds are my specialty :) I'm quite the green thumb with them.
Shady gardener, you will most certainly be updated on their growth... I was just looking at them now, and noticed that there are only berries on new growth. Perhaps the older wood doesn't produce any???
Amy, thank you so much! I will go and take a look at it tonight after the boys are tucked in.
Esther, I'm taking the trees with me when I go... or bequeathing them to a cat's home!
And Vrtlarica, I am constantly peering at everything in my garden, it must drive the plants crazy!
The height of gardening achievement hey Mark... my goodness. I am going to strut around the garden tomorrow letting all the fruit and veg know how good I am now, and how they should all be growing accordingly!
Judith! I had not thought of birds... oh now I'm in a panic. Another thing to stand watch over!!
Ali,
You have a gardener here who is just about as green with envy as those trees are. All looking very good indeed, and that excitement...nothing like it eh? Take care
I was squinting at your agave plant in the background willing it to take on banana shape, but alas. Clearly I am much too excited about them.
Before you know it you'll be making your own silk with your own pet silkworms gorging themselves on home-grown mulberries...
Kat that's hilarious, and you are right, the agave could be bananas! I was so excited at seeing the mulberries and so conscious that I was losing light that alas, the bananas were completely forgotten. As it is I am not really pleased with the photos, I like a bit of sunlight in them to remind me of where I live!
Mark, now making my own silk is quite the fabulous idea... perhaps I'll make the teeniest scarves ever :)
And Gary, thank you for your lovely comment, and yes, the thrill of the find in the garden. Love it.
Looks good Ali, I have just purchased a white Mulberry (although I have not planted it yet), apparently they are very sweet, grow very much the same as a black Mulberry...I have never seen one let alone eaten one? They say Silk worms are particularly attracted to this species as well. Lets hope when I get it planted, I too get new little fruits like you...:)
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