HERB - Re: mulberry rootings - and another idea

[Walter J. Wakefield]

If you have a relatively wet area and would like a somewhat spreading
small tree, you might consider elder.  The flowers are edible and good
for flu and feverish colds, and the berries are edible (small though, and
on the sour side) and have been used to make wine.  It is very pretty in
the spring when it blooms.  The plant sends up many shoots from the base,
and will spread if you don't contain it.  It usually grows in ditches
around here, and I think it likes wet feet.  Ours never sets berries, due
to the dryness of the Ansteorran summers, and the fact that I don't water
real often.  In some areas it might be considered a nuisance or a weed,
so you might want to check.  I do not know how winter-hardy it is - it
grows throughout Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma - don't know where you
are.  You should be able to grow it from berries or by digging up a
sapling, and I think I rooted a cutting in water to plant ours.  Just
another idea for your consideration...

If you take a cutting of a tree, take a tip cutting of the green and
tender stem.  This usually roots better than the woody stem.  Actually,
take several cuttings, just to be on the safe side.

Other water loving trees are willows and some cypress...

Suzanna, the herbalist, Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
(Dallas, TX)

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:18:15 EDT "Denise Pulgino Stout"
<bisbetica at hotmail.com> writes:
>Well, this is the thing...My inlaws have a mulberry tree.  I love 
>mulbeerries and want one in my yard.  They are moving out of their 
>house 
>tomorrow...so can a cutting be taken?  I've never done a cutting from 
>a tree 
>and hear that some do not work.  I have a large open area in my back 
>yard 
>that is perfect for trees.  It's just grass right now and , as we are 
>the 
>lowest lot on the block, we get all water runnoff. To the point where 
>the 
>ground is squishy ans splashy and NO shade.
>
>I'm hoping trees will suck up and use this water and make the rest of 
>the 
>back lot more usable.  I'd like trees that produce something useful, 
>but 
>will go with a good old river birch or the local nursery suggested a 
>witch 
>hazel tree - that sounds cool!
>
>but I still want those mulberries!
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