Old and new wood
It flowers and fruits on wood of different ages, so light pruning preserves more productive positions.
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Morus rotundiloba BonBonBerry® Mojo Berry® ‘Matsunaga’ 15cm
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Morus rotundiloba BonBonBerry® Mojo Berry® ‘Matsunaga’ 15cm
Normal price
€15,00
Morus rotundiloba BonBonBerry® Mojo Berry® ‘Matsunaga’
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- Fruit May–September
- Self-pollinating
- Sun · garden or large container
- Mature form 1.5–2.5m
Morus rotundiloba BonBonBerry® Mojo Berry® ‘Matsunaga’ condenses the pleasure of a mulberry into a shrub or small tree suited to a modern garden. It fruits on old and new wood, with successive picking that can extend from May to September rather than lasting only a few weeks. Fruit changes from pale green through pink and red to black, bringing flavour, colour and movement to the crown at the same time.
Use it as a small fruiting focal point beside a terrace or garden seating area. Its rounded crown brings volume above lower planting and keeps the colourful fruit where you can enjoy the display every day.
RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2017 · Floral Award 2019 · Bronze GrootGroenPlus 2019.
What makes it special
Mojo Berry combines a dwarf habit, two ages of fruiting wood and a long season.
A genuinely dwarf mulberry
The mature form usually stays around 1.5m, with the potential to reach 1.5–2.5m depending on conditions and training.
Three major awards
Chelsea Plant of the Year 2017, Floral Award 2019 and Bronze at GrootGroenPlus 2019 recognised the qualities of ‘Matsunaga’.
Why you will love it: It provides mulberry flavour and foliage without the scale of a large tree and with a much longer picking window.
In the garden & on the terracePositioning & plant combinationsFull sun, shelter from cold dry wind and 1.5–2.5m of room.
Ideal position
Plant it in a sunny sheltered position in the ground or a large stable container. Allow 1.5–2.5m in mature height and spread, keeping the crown away from pale paving.
Compatible combinations
Low companions soften the base without obstructing the fall and collection of dark fruit.
- Fragaria vesca — It creates an edible low carpet at the edge while keeping the stem clear.
- Heuchera ‘Caramel’ — Copper foliage echoes the red and black stages of the fruit and tolerates light crown shade.
- Viola odorata — Small fragrant flowers quietly fill the base in early spring.
Care at a glance
Light
Full sun, preferably in a sheltered position.
Water
Deep watering during establishment and fruit swelling.
Climate & hardiness
Hardy to about −10°C; protect the roots when grown in a container.
Safety
Only ripe, washed fruit; the juice stains paving and fabrics strongly.
Detailed careComplete care guideSoil, watering, support, feeding and cultivar-specific prevention.
Soil
Use fertile, humus-rich soil that stays moist yet drains freely. Avoid winter waterlogging and exposure to cold dry wind.
Watering
Water young plants deeply and during prolonged drought, especially while fruit is filling. Let the surface re-aerate between waterings.
Training
Keep a short trunk or 3–5 main stems and an open rounded crown. It needs neither a pergola nor a rigid central leader.
Feeding
Apply mature compost in spring. Avoid excess nitrogen, which creates long soft growth and delays wood ripening.
Harvest space
Do not position the mature plant over pale paving, seating or vehicles. Ripe fruit drops and stains.
Prevention
Keep the crown open, remove shrivelled fruit and prune before mid-winter, when cuts lose less sap.
From flower to basketFruiting & harvestSimple guidance on pollination, ripening, picking and protecting the crop.
Pollination
It is self-fertile and one plant can set fruit. A second mulberry is not needed for pollination.
When it ripens
The season can begin in May and continue successively to September, with several fruit colours present in the crown.
How to harvest
Pick only black, soft fruit that releases with the slightest touch. Place a shallow tray or clean cloth beneath the branch.
Successive use
Because the fruit does not ripen all at once, check the crown every few days. Enjoy it immediately or refrigerate ripe fruit without crushing it.
After planting: retain a short trunk or 3–5 main stems and water evenly until it is well rooted.
Clear pruning planHow to prune this fruiting plantLate autumn to early winter, before mid-winter
When to prune
Late autumn to early winter, before mid-winter
Mojo Berry fruits on old and new wood, so it needs only light pruning. Retain a short framework and small fruiting side shoots, removing only growth that overcrowds the rounded crown.
01
Build
Young plant
Action: Choose a short trunk or 3–5 well-spaced stems. Remove only broken and very low wood.
Retain: Keep all healthy side shoots that can carry fruit.
02
Train
Formed crown
Action: In late autumn thin branches that rub or grow into the centre. Do not routinely shorten every tip.
Retain: Keep wood of different ages and small well-lit side shoots.
03
Renew
Mature dwarf mulberry
Action: Remove one old bare branch above a younger outward-facing side shoot and clear one overcrowded stem. Renew only a little each year.
Retain: Keep the short trunk, most old fruiting wood and enough new growth.
New / productive — retainOld or exhausted woodCut point
Clean tools
Use sharp, clean tools suited to the diameter of the wood.
After harvest
Remove only broken or diseased material. Main shaping waits until leaf fall.
Do not do this: Do not clip it into a ball or remove all old wood; the cultivar fruits there too.
Development over timeHow the plant developsA realistic path from establishment to mature form.
Short framework
The young shrub creates a short trunk or a few bases and quickly fills with small side shoots.
Two ages of fruiting wood
Older side shoots and new growth can flower in the same crown, extending harvest.
Rounded mature form
The mature cultivar remains a large shrub or small tree rather than developing the vast open crown of a common mulberry.
Mature habit & dimensions
Maturity 5–10 yearsHeight 1.5–2.5mSpread 1.5–2.5mDwarf rounded shrub or small tree
Mature Mojo Berry has a short trunk, an open rounded crown and small side shoots of different ages.
Form through the seasons
Successive fruit May–SeptemberOld & new woodDwarfBlack ripe fruit
Late springSmall green flowers and pale young fruit appear on old and new side shoots.
SummerGreen, pink, red and black fruit coexist within the rounded crown.
After leaf fall the short branched framework shows where older and younger side shoots coexist.
What to expect after planting: The young shrub creates a short trunk or a few bases and quickly fills with small side shoots.
History & originCultivar originHajime Matsunaga’s Japanese selection travelled from the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show into the European market as Mojo Berry®.
Japanese plant breeder Hajime Matsunaga selected ‘Matsunaga’ while seeking a mulberry far smaller than traditional trees. Its important distinction was the ability to fruit on both older branches and growth made in the current season, giving repeat crops on a compact shrub.
Plantipp managed its European introduction, and Suttons Seeds launched it in Britain as Charlotte Russe at the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show. It was named Plant of the Year there, bringing immediate recognition, and was also planted in the British royal gardens.
In 2018 it was released across the rest of Europe as Mojo Berry® and BonBonBerry®, always with the cultivar name ‘Matsunaga’. It received EU plant variety right 51394 and won two further honours in 2019, a Bronze Medal at GrootGroenPlus and a Floral Award. Within a few years, a compact Japanese mulberry had become an international garden cultivar.
Greenleaf for Plant NerdsScientific details nobody asked forBotanical detail behind the plant's appearance and behaviour
One fruit from many flowers
A mulberry is a multiple fruit: it develops from many neighbouring flowers in one inflorescence. Their small fruits gather along a shared axis to form the single juicy body we pick. The tiny units on its surface therefore represent parts of a whole flower cluster.
Flowers on two shoot generations
In ‘Matsunaga’, small green inflorescences appear on older wood as well as on shoots formed in the same year. Production is therefore not confined to shoots that have passed through a winter; fresh flowers and young fruit can coexist with fruit that is already ripening.
Frequently asked questions
Six practical answers for choosing, growing, harvesting and pruning this exact cultivar.
01Does it need another mulberry?
No. It is self-pollinating and can crop on its own.
02When is the fruit picked?
Successively from May to September, depending on conditions.
03How large does it become?
Usually about 1.5m, with the potential to reach 1.5–2.5m in height and spread depending on conditions and training.
04When is the fruit ripe?
When it is black, soft and releases at the slightest touch.
05Which wood carries fruit?
Old and new wood. When pruning, retain some older fruiting wood together with the new growth.
06When should it be pruned?
Lightly from late autumn to early winter, before spring growth begins.
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