I had decided I wanted to grow a mulberry tree, wanting to eventually raise silk worms with the kids like we did when I was little, I mentioned such to my darling mum, and they proceeded to buy one for christmas for us. Trouble is they bought a 7 foot tall, skinny straggly white mulberry when I had been daydreaming about a well shaped weeping mulberry... But it's what we have now and it has to be cared for with lots of TLC because it was a gift.
So my question is, how to I coax this gangly proud tree in to a more compact shape, and keep it from getting too big. It has 4 long branches coming up from about two feet up the trunk. These branches go up to the 7 or so foot height. When should i prune it and how much can I prune at a time. ...yes i'm very new at this gardening thing.
Anyone? Thanks