Kilmarnock willow

marybotham

I have had a Kilmarnock willow for 4 years, this year it has developed berries on the branches. They look like, and are the same size as blackberries. I have not tasted them.

Can anyone tell me what they are?

Silver surfer

Sorry ....but Salix caprea Kilmarnock  does not have black berries.

It is a weeping form of willow.

It has catkins in the spring.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=salix+caprea+kilmarnock&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZxNDxrcPVAhXII8AKHUBPDlMQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759

Must be something else...Mulberry maybe.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=morus+nigra+fruit&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH5-iqrsPVAhXEzFQKHRTZDR0Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759

Last edited: 06 August 2017 20:41:09

Dovefromabove

Can we have some photos of your tree and some of the fruits. 

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marybotham

Thanks for replies photo's not very good it's an age thing.

For the past years there have been the catkns this is the only time I have ever seen berries on one of these trees

They grow on small stems not directly off the branch like a fungus

Last edited: 07 August 2017 09:27:00

nutcutlet

mulberry?

Silver surfer

Definitely Mulberry...Morus.

A very handsome young tree...it may not have been old enough to produce the fruits before.

Fruits are edible.

This is what the  female flowers look like..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_nigra#/media/File:Black_Mulberry_Female_Flowers.jpg

Morus alba leaves underside shiny/smooth.

Morus nigra underside are hairy.see....

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/86/3f/0d/863f0da48c045c7808247188390c3fe2.jpg

Last edited: 07 August 2017 09:41:40

marybotham

Thanks, I will have to contact the garden center that sold it with the label Kilmarnock willow on it, but I think a mulberry tree might have cost me more.

Dovefromabove

Oooh, what a bargain!!!!  I'd rather have a mulberry than a Kilmarnock willow any day.

Lucky lucky you 

Silver surfer

"I'd rather have a mulberry than a Kilmarnock willow any day."

Me too.

nutcutlet

I'd rather have almost anything than a Kilmarnock willow. Except maybe 'Flamingo'

Obelixx

Another mulberry fan here.  Loathe Kilmarnock willows - short lived, fussy, ugly when they become just a mound of overgrown hanging stems with dull foliage.

Reckon you've got a bargain to treasure.