This tree belongs to the species whose leaves fed the silk trade, and it grows in a hill park in Kreuzberg. White mulberry leaves are what silkworms are raised on. What we cannot tell you is whether this particular tree has anything to do with that story. No source records when or why it was planted, and a white mulberry in a Berlin park could have arrived for silk, for fruit or simply for shade. What Berlin does record is that it is worth keeping. The city made it Naturdenkmal 2-30/B on 2 March 1993, citing its distinctiveness and regional heritage. The register places it in Viktoriapark, east of the waterfall, and its coordinate marks the tree itself. The time to come is midsummer. In June and July a white mulberry carries pale, sweet fruit, and a tree in a public park tends to leave the evidence on the path beneath it. Viktoriapark is free and open at all hours, about ten minutes on foot from Mehringdamm. Find the waterfall and look to its east side. Nobody has published an age, girth or height for this mulberry. If you know its story, or have put a tape around its trunk, tell us.
pale sweet fruit, the leaves that fed the silk tradeAutumn colour
June and July, when it carries pale, sweet mulberries
The line is our estimate of how much there is to see, not a measurement. Typical for this species where this tree stands; exact weeks shift with the year.
Viktoriapark, east of the waterfall, Kreuzberg You can recognise it in June and July by its pale mulberry fruit. It stands in Viktoriapark on the east side of the waterfall, where the register places it.
Free; public hill park, open at all hours.
U6/U7 Mehringdamm, about 10 min walk
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