
Black Tupelo
- Botanical Name
- Nyssa sylvatica
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 30 to 50 feet
- Width
- 20 to 30 feet
- Flowers
- Dioecious, greenish-white, not showy
- Fruit
- Drupe: oblong, .5 inch, bluish-black
- Fall Color
- Yellow, orange, red or burgundy
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, rich, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Difficult to transplant because of taproot
- Spring transplant only
- Prune in fall
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Autumn Cascades - weeping form, good fall color
- Miss Scarlet - deep green leaves become bright red in fall, abundant fruit
- Afterburner (Nyssa sylvatica 'David Odum') - 35 feet tall by 20 feet wide, symmetrical shape, excellent red fall color
- Wildfire - new foliage emerges bright red, then mature to a dark glossy green, yellow-orange to purple-red fall color
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