Tree ID

[Pinkywoo]

I saw this beautiful tree today and may (fingers crossed) be finally getting a garden big enough for tree planting! Can anyone tell me what it is?

I think it’s a mulberry.

Mulberry!

Ooh, mulberry was already on the list of ones we want but I didn't realise this was one! Thanks

If it’s a mulberry it should have developing fruit at the moment. I don’t think it is mulberry - point of leaf is too attenuated - but can’t tell from that photo what it is. It would be easier with close ups of leaves and twigs.

Thanks, I'll get a close up of the leaves etc on Monday when I go past it again.

I got a better look at it today, I assume these are mulberries? I don't know mulberry trees could get this big, I definitely want one!

Yes, those are mulberries 😀They'll be ripe when they look like ripe blackberries.

Be warned on picking them, the flesh is fragile and you'll end up look like you've been involved in a slaughter. And don't wear anything light coloured while picking them either.

I did some work for a man who has a mulberry in his garden and it's the biggest I've ever seen, like a mature oak in size. It's in the garden of a very old house and has been there for hundreds of years and the trunk is held together by an iron band placed around it in Victorian times. The current owner thinks it may have been planted by monks who lived there in centuries gone by. There is also a sweet chestnut of similar size in the garden.

Yes, I was wrong, it is a mulberry. Incredible fruit, an explosion of juice and deep rich red wine.