Russian White Mulberry vs Gray Dogwood - TreeTime.ca

Russian White Mulberry vs Gray Dogwood

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Russian White Mulberry
Gray Dogwood

Russian White Mulberry is a cold hardy and adaptable tree. It is a great choice for the impatient gardener as it reaches its mature height in a short period of time and has an attractive, dense, and rounded form.

Odd looking berries are produced among a backdrop of glossy, deep green foliage. The blackberry-esque berries ripen slowly over the season, ranging in color from white, pink, and purple-violet. While the berries are not well regarded for fresh eating, they have made tasty jams and preserves.

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

Russian White Mulberry Quick Facts

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: any
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: white
Berries: white, tart, nutritious and sweet
Flavor: light sweet taste
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no